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Certain prayers and godly meditations very needful for every ChristenCerteine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen
Emprented at Malborow i.e. Antwerp : The year of our Lorde et M.CCCCC.XXXviii. per me Joannem Philoponon i.e. H. Peetersen van Mideelburch?, 1538Emprented at Malborow i.e. Antwerp : The yeare of our Lorde et M.CCCCC.XXXviii. per me Joannem Philoponon i.e. H. Peetersen van Mideelburch?, 1538
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¶The power of faith:
¶The power of fayth:
The power of faith is to justify us: that is / to despoil us from all our vices & lay them on Christs back which hath pacified the fathers wrath towards us: and to endue us with a nothers righteousness / that is Christs / so that I and all my since are Christs / and Christ with all his virtues are mine / for he was borne for us and given unto us. Isaiah. ix, Roma. viij. To obtain this righteousness god the father requireth nothing of us but that we believe him and make him no liar. He that believeth that God of his mercy hath made us these promises and that for his truths sake he will fulfil them / he setteth to his seal that god is true. But he that believeth not or doubteth of this (as much as in him is) he maketh God a liar .i. Joan. v. ⟨image 136⟩for why shouldest thou doubt in him except thou thoughtest that be were a liar and would not keep his promise which he made? Now if thou count god (which is the very truth) to be a liar / art thou not worthy a thousand damnations?
THe power of fayth is to iustefye vs: that is / to dispoyle vs from all oure vices & laye them on Christes backe which hath pacefyed the fathers wrath towardes vs: and to endne vs with a nothers rightwysnes / that is Christes / so that I and all my synnes are Christes / and Christ with all his vertues are myne / for he was borne for vs and geuen vnto vs. Esaye. ix, Roma. viij. To obtayne this rightwisnes god the father requireth nothīge of vs but that we beleue hym and make hym no lyar. He that beleueth that God of his mercye hath made vs these promises and that for his truthes sake he will fulfylle them / he setteth to his seale that god is true. But he that beleueth not or douteth of this (as moch as in hym is) he maketh God a lyar .i. Ioan. v.