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…

Christ is lord over all / & every christian is heir annexed with Christ and therefore lord of all / and every one lord of what so ever an other hath. If thy brother on neighbour therefore need and thou have to help him and yet showest not mercy but with drawest thy hands from him: then robbest thou him of his own and art a these. A Christen man hath Christs sprite. Now is Christ a merciful thing: if therefore thou be not merciful after the ensample of Christ then hast thou not his sprite. If thou have not Christs sprite / then art thou none of his Ro. viij. nor hast any part with him. More over though thou show mercy unto thy neighbour / yet if thou do it not with such burning love as Christ did unto y• / so must ⟨p. xlj⟩thou knowledge thy sin and desire mercy in Christ. A christian man hath nought to rejoice in / as concerning his deeds. His rejoicing is that Christ died for him / and that he is washed in Christs blood. Of his deeds rejoiceth he not / nether counteth his merits / nether giveth pardon of them / nether seeketh an higher place in even of them / nether maketh him self a savour of other men / through his good works. But giveth all honour to god / & in his greatest deeds of mercy knowledgeth him self a sinner unfeignedly / & is abundantly content with y• place that is prepared for him of Christ. and his good deeds are to him a sign only that Christs sprite is in him / and he in Christ / and through Christ elect to eternal life.

Christ is lorde over all / & every cristē is heyre ānexed with Christ ād therfore lorde of all / ād every one lorde of what so ever an other hath. Yf thy brother on neiboure therfore neade and thou have to helpe hī ād yet showest not mercy but with drawest thy hādes frō hī: thē robbest thou hī of his owne ād art a these. A Christen mā hath Christes sprite. Now is Christ a mercifull thinge: if therefore thou be not mercyfull after ye ēsample of Christe thē hast thou not his sprite. Yf thou have not Christes sprite / then art thou none of his Ro. viij. nor hast any parte with hī. More over though thou shewe mercye vnto thy neibour / yet if thou do it not with soch burnīg love as Christ did vnto y• / so must ⟨p. xlj⟩thou knowleage thy sinne and desyre mercy in Christ. A cristē mā hath nought to reioyse in / as cōcerninge his deades. His reioysinge is yt Christ died for hī / ād yt he is washed ī Christes bloude. Of hys deades reioyseth he not / nether coūteth his merites / nether giveth pardone of thē / nether seketh ā hyer place ī evē of thē / nether maketh hī self a savoure of other mē / thorowe his good workes. But geveth all honour to god / & ī his greatist deades of mercy knowleageth hī self a sinner vnfainedly / & is abū dātly cōtēt with y place yt is prepared for hī of Christ. and his good deades ar to hī a signe ōly that Christes sprite is in him / ād he in Christe / and thorowe Christe electe to eternall lyfe.