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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
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.
If thou give me a thousand pownde to pray for the I am no more bound then I was before. Mans imagination can maketh commandment of god nether greater nor smaller nether can to the law of God either add or minish. God's commandment is as great as him self. I am bound to love y• Turk with all my might & power / yet and above my power even from y• ground of my heart / after the ensample y• Christ loved me / nether to sp• re goods / body or life to win him to Christ. And what can I do more for y• if thou gavest me all y• world? Where I see need there can I not but pray if God's sprite be in me.
Iff thou give me a thousand pownde to pray for the I am no more bounde then I was before. Mans ymaginacion can makethe cō maundemēt of god nether greater nor smaller nether can to ye lawe of God exther adde or minishe. Goddes cōmaundement is as great as him self. I am bownde to love y• Turke with all my might & power / yet and above my power even from y• grounde of my hert / aftyr the ensample y• Christe loved me / nether to sp• re goodes / bodye or life to win him to Christe. And what can I do moare for y• if thou gavest me all y• world? Where I se neade ther can I not but pray if Goddes sprite be in me.
Alms is a greek word & signifieth mercy One Christen is debtor to an other at his need of all that he is able to do for him until' his need be sufficed. Every Christen man ought to have Christ all ways before his eyes / as an ensample to counterfeit & follow / & to do to his neighbour as Christ hath done to him / as Paul teacheth in all his pistles and Peter in his first & John in his first also. This order useth Paul in all his pistles. First he preacheth the law and proveth that the whole nature of man is damned in that y heart lusteth contrary to y will of God. For if we were of God / no dowe we should ha / ve lust in his will. Then preacheth he Christ / y Gospel the promises / & the mercy that God hath