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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.
Let every man of what so ever craft or occupation he be of / whether brewer baker tailor victualler merchant or husband man refer his craft & occupation unto the commune wealth / & serve his brethren as he would do Christ him self. Let him bye & sell truly & not set dice on his brethren ne / & so showeth he mercy / & his occupation pleaseth God. And when thou receivest money for thy labour or ware thou receivest thy duty. For wherein so ever thou minster to thy brethren / thy brethren are detours to give thee where with to maintain thy self & thy household. And let your superfluities succour the pore / of which sort shall ever be some in all towns cities / & villages / & that I suppose y• greatest number. Remember y• we are members of one body & ought to minister one to an other mercifully. And remember that what so ever we have / it is given us of God to bestow it on our brethren. Let him that eateth eat & give God thanks / only let not thy meat pull thine heart from God. And let him that drinketh do like wise. Let him that hath a wife give God thanks for his liberty / only let not thy wife with draw thine heart from god & then pleasest ⟨p. xlv⟩thou God & hast the word of God for thee. And in all things look on the word of God & there in put thy trust / and not in a visor / in a disguised garment and a cut shoe.
Let every mā of what so ever craft or occupacion he be of / whether bruer baker tailer vitailer marchaūt or husbāde mā refer his craft & occupacion vnto ye cōmune wealth / & serve his bretherne as he wold do Christ hī selfe. Let hī bye & sell truely & not set dice on his brether ne / & so showeth he merci / & his occupaciō pleaseth God. And whē thou receavest money for thi laboure or ware thou receavest thi dutie. For wherī so ever thou minster to thi bretherne / thi brether are dettours to geve ye where with to maītene thi selfe & thi houshold. And let your superfluires succoure ye pore / of which sort shall ever be some in all townes cityes / & villages / & yt I suppose y• greayest nowmbre. Remēbre y• we ar mēbres of one bodie & ought to minister one to an other mercifully. And remēbre yt what so ever we have / it is gyvē vs of God to bestowe it on our bretherne. Let hī yt eateth eate & give God thākes / only let not thy meate poele thine hert from God. And let hī yt drinketh do like wise. Let hī yt hath a wife gyve God thākes for his libertie / ōly let not thi wife wyth drawe thyne hert frō god & thē pleasest