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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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IF thou wilt therefore be at peace with God and love him / thou must turn to the promises of God and to the Gospel which is called of Paul in the place before rehearsed to the Corinthians / the ministration of righteousness and of the spirit. For faith bringeth pardon and forgiveness freely purchased by Christs blood and bringeth also the sprite / the sprite looseth the bonds of the devil and setteth us at liberty. For where the sprite of the lord is there is liberty saith Paul in the same place to the Corinthians / that is to say / there the heart is free and hath power to love the will of God / and there the heart morneth that he can not love enough. Now is that consent of the heart unto the law of God eternal life / ye though there be no power yet in the members to fulfil it. Lat every man therefore (according to Pauls counsel in the .vj. ch. to the ephes.) are me himself with the armour of God / that is ⟨p. iii⟩to understand / with God's promises / and above all thing (saith he) take unto you the shield of faith / where with ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked / that ye may be able to resist in the evil day of rentaciō / and namely at the hour of death.
IFF thou wylt therfore be at peace with God and love him / thou muste turne to the promyses of God and to the Gospel which is called of Paul in the place before rehersed to the Corinthiās / the mynistracion of ryghtwesnes and of the spyryte. For fayth bryngeth pardō ād forgyvenes frely purchased by Christes bloud ād brīgeth also the spryte / the spryte loeseth the bondes of the devyll ād setteth vs at lybertye. For where the spryte of the lorde is there is libertie saith Paul ī the same place to the Corinhtiās / that is to saye / there the hert is fre ād hath power to love the wyl of God / and there the hert morneth that he cā not love ynough. Now is that cōsent of the hert vnto the law of God eternall lyfe / yee though there be no power yet in the mēbres to sulfyll it. Lat every mā therfore (according to Pauls coūcell ī the .vj. ch. to the ephes.) are me himselfe with the armoure of God / that is ⟨p. iii⟩to vnderstand / wyth Godes promyses / and above all thing (sayth he) take vnto you the shyld of faythe / where wyth ye maye be able to quench all the f•rey dartes of the wicked / that ye maye be able to resyst in the evyll daye of rētaciō / ād namelye at the houre of death.