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When the weak in the faith & unexpert in the mysteries of Christ desire us to pray for them them ought we to lead them to the trueth & promises of God / and teach them to put there trust in the promises of God / in love that God hath to Christ and to us for his sake / and to strength ⟨p. xxxix⟩there weak consciences / showing & proving by y• scripture / that as long as they follow the sprite and resist sin it is impossible they should fall so deep that God shall not pull them up again / if they hold fast by the anchor of faith having trust and confidence in Christ. The love that God hath to Christ is infinite / & Christ did and suffered all things / not for him self / to obtain favour or ought else: for he had ever y• full favour of God and was ever lord over all things / but to reconcile us to God & to make us•heyres with him of his fathers kingdom. And God hath promised / y• who so ever calleth on his name shall never be confounded or ashamed Ro. ij. if y• righteous fall (saith the scripture) he shall not be bruised / y• lord shall put his hand under him. Who is righteous but he that trusteth in Christs blood / be he never so weak? Christ is our righteousness and in him ought we to teach all men to trust / and to expound unto all men y• testament that God hath made to us sinners in Christs blood. This ought we to do & not make a pray of them to lead them captive / to sit•e in there consciences and to teach them to trust in our holiness / good deeds and prayers / to the intent that we would f•de our idle and slow belies of there great labour and sweat / and so to make ourselves Christs and ⟨image 45⟩saviours. For if I take on me to save other by mi merits / make I not my self a Christ & a saviour / & am in dead a false prophet & a true antichrist / & exalt my self and sit in the temple of God / that is to were the consciences of men •