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Verily as impossible as it is for a good tree to be without a good fruit, wham the time of the year cometh,¹ so impossible is it for true faith to be without good and christen works. And as the spirit of God can none otherwise but do those things, that are pleasant before God, so in like manner a faithful man, which is the son of god, can not cease from working the will of god. Let these rude railing readers of the Gospel therefore be once ashamed of their faith & spirit, whereof so greatly they crake, seeing they are altogether unfruitful and with out all good works.² If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. ⟨image 47⟩He that abideth in me,³ & I in him saith Christ, bringeth forth much fruit. And he that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, floods of lyuysh water shall flow out of his belly. Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit. He that hath not a lust & fervent desire to work the will of God, and to fashion his life in all parties according to the holy law of God, undoubtedly he hath not y• christen faith, neither pertaineth he unto Christ, though he babbleth never so much of faith,⁴ of God, of Christ, & of all the divine mysteries. For the kingdom of God is not in word,⁵ but in power. Not every one that saith unto me, LORD, LORD saith Christ, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doth y• will of my father, which is in heaven. Many shall say unto me, at y• day, LORD, LORD, have not we prophesied in thy name, & cast out ⟨image 47⟩devils by thy name,⁶ and wrought miracles by thy name? But than shall I say unto them I know you not. Depart from me ye workers of iniquity. He that hath my commandments & keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. If any man loveth me, he will keep my word, & my father will love him, & we will come unto him, & dwell with him. But he that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. God hath not showed to us his manifold kindness, that we should live dissolutely and with out all good order (for so were we unworthy any kindness at all) but that we should earnestly & with all diligence employ our selves to work his will, to satisfy so much as lieth in our power his godly mind,