[The Pentateuch]

¶ So now the scripture is a light and showeth us the true way / both what to do / and what to hope. And a defence from all error / and a comfort in adversity that we despair not. and feareth us in prosperity that we sin not See therefore in the scripture as thou readest it first the law / what god commandeth us to do. And secondarily the promises / which god promiseth us again / namely in Christ Jesus our lord. Then seek ensamples / first of comfort / how god purgeth all them that submit them selves to walk in his ways / in the purgatory of tribulation / delivering them yet at tie latter end / and never suffering any of them to perish / that cleave fast to his promises. And finally / note the ensamples which are written ⟨image 6⟩to fear the flesh that we sin not. That is / how god suffereth the ungodly and wicked sinners that resist god and refuse to follow him / to continue in their wickedness / ever waxing worse and worse until their sin be so sore increased and so abominable / that if they should longer endure they would corrupt the very elect. But for the elects sake god sendeth them preachers. Nevertheless they harden their hearts against the truth / and god destroyeth them utterly and beginneth the world a new.

¶ So now the scripture is a light and sheweth vs the true waye / both what to do / and what to hope. And a defence from all erroure / and a comforte in adversyte that we despayre not. and feareth vs in prosperyte that we synne not Sec̄e therfore in the scripture as thou readest it first the law / what god cōmaundeth vs to doo. And secundarylye the promyses / which god promyseth vs ageyne / namely in Christe Iesu oure lorde. Then seke ensamples / firste of comsorte / how god purgeth all them that submitte them selves to walke in his wayes / in the purgatorye of tribulatyon / delyveringe them yet at tye latter ende / and never soferinge any of them to perysh / that cleave faste to his promyses. And fynallye / note the ensamples which are writen ⟨image 6⟩to feare the flesh that we synne not. That is / how god suffereth the vngodlye and weked synners that resiste god and refuse to folow him / to contynue in their wekednesse / ever waxinge worse and worse vntyll their synne be so sore encreased and so abhomynable / that if they shuld longer endure they wold corrupte the very electe. But for the electes sake god sendeth thē preachers. Neverthelesse they harden their hartes agenste the truth / and god destroyeth thē vtterlye and begynneth the world a new.