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That faith the mother of all good works justifieth us before we ca[n] bring…That fayth the mother of all good workes iustifieth us before we ca[n] bringe…
That faith the mother of all good works justifieth us before we ca[n] bring forth any good work...That fayth the mother of all good workes iustifieth us before we ca[n] bringe forth anye good worke...
Malborowe: printed by Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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More over of his own experience he feeleth other mens need / & no less commendeth to God y• infirmities of other than his own knowing that there is no strength / no help / no succour ⟨p. xxxvii⟩but of God only. And as merciful as he feeleth god in his heart to him self ward / so merciful is he to other / & as greatly as he feeleth his own misery / so greater compassion hath he on other. His neighbour is no less care to bin then him self. He feeleth his neighbours grief no less than his own. And when so ever he seeth occasion he can not but pray for his neighbour as well as for him self: his nature is to seek ye honore of god in all men / & to draw (as much as in him is) all men unto god. This is y• law of love which sprigeth out of Christs blood in to the hearts of all them that have there trust in him. No man needeth to bid a crestē man to pray if he see his neighbours need: if he see it not put him in remembrance only / & then he can not but do his duty.
More over of his awne experiēce he fealeth other mēs neade / & no lesse cōmēdeth to God y• infirmites of other thē his awne knowinge that ther ys no strēgth / no helpe / no succure ⟨p. xxxvii⟩but of God only. And as mercifull as he fealeth god in his hert to hī selfe warde / so mercyfull ys he to other / & as greatly as he fealyth his awne misery / so gretre cōpassiō hath he on other. His neiboure ys no lesse care to bī then hī selfe. He fealeth his neibours greffe no lesse thē his awne. And whē so euer he sceth occasiō he cā not but pray for his neyboure as wel as for hī selfe: his nature ys to seke ye honore of god ī all mē / & to drawe (as moch as in hī ys) all mē vnto god. This is y• lawe of love which sprigeth out of Christes bloude ī to ye hertes of all thē yt have ther trust ī hī. No mā neadeth to bid a crestē mā to pray if he se his neybours neade: if he se it not put hī in remēbraū ce only / & thē he cā not but do hys dutye.