A13203:539
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The new testament is those everlasting promises which are made us in christ the Lord through out all the scripture. And that testament is built on faith and not on works. For it is not said of that testament he that worketh shall live: But he that believeth shall live, as thou readest. Joan .iij. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that none which believe in hi should perish but have everlasting life.
The newe testament is those euerlastinge promyses which are made vs in christ the Lorde thorow out all the scripture. And that testamēt is bylt on faith ād not on workes. For it is not sayde of that testament he that worketh shall lyue: But he that beleveth shall lyue, as thou readest. Ioan .iij. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotē sonne that none which beleue in hi shuld perish but haue euerlastinge lyfe.
And when this testament is preached and believed, the spirit entereth the hart and quickeneth it, and giveth her life and justifieth her. The spirit also maketh the law a lively thing ⟨image 96⟩in the heart, so that a man bringeth forth good works of his own accord without compulsion of the law, without fear of threatenings or cursings: ye and with out all manner respect or love unto any temporal pleasure, But of the very power of the spirit received through faith, As thou readest. Joan .i. He gave them power to be the sons of God in that they believed on his name. And of that power they work: so that he which hath the spirit of christ is now no more a child: he nether learneth or worketh now any longer for pain of the rod or for fear of bogs or pleasure of apples, But doth allthings of his own courage As christ sayeth. Joan .vij. He that believeth on me shall have rivers of living water flowing out of his belly. That is, All good works and all gifts of grace spring out of him naturally and by their own accord. Thou needest not to wrest good works out of him as a man would wring verjuice out of crabs: Nay they flow naturally out of him as springs out off hills or rocks.