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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.
WE must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ / for to receive every man according to the deeds of his body .ij. Corin. v. As thy deeds testify of the so shall thy reward be. Thy deeds be evil / then is the wrath of God upon thee / and thine heart is evil and so shall thy reward be if thou repent not. Fear therefore and cry to God for grace / that thou mayst love his laws. And when thou lovest them cease not till thou have obtained power of God to fulfil them: so shalt thou be sure that a good reward shall follow. Which reward not thy deeds / but Christs have purchased for the / whose purchasing also is that lust which thou hast to God's law / and that might where with thou fulfillest them Remember also / that a reward is rather called that which is given freely / then that which is deserved. That which is deserved / is called (if thou wilt give him his right name) hire or wages. A reward is given freely to provoke unto love and to make friends.
WE must all appere before the iudgemente seate of Christe / for to receave every mā acordinge to ye deades of his body .ij. Corin. v. As thi deades testifie of the so shall thi rewarde be. Thy deades be evyll / then is the wrath of God apon the / and thine herte is evill and so shall thi rewarde be iff thou repente not. Feare therfore and crye to God for grace / that thou mayst love hys lawes. And when thou lovest them cease not tyll thou have optayned power of God to fullfyll them: so shalt thou besure that a good rewarde shall folowe. Which rewarde not thye deades / but Christes have purchased for the / whose purchasinge also is that lust which thow hast to Goddes lawe / and that mighte where wyth thou •ullfyllest them Remembre also / that a rewarde ys rather called that whych is gyven frely / then that which is deserved. That which is deserved / is called (if thou wilt gyve hym hys right name) hyre or wages. A rewarde is gyven frely to provoke vnto love and to make frendes.
Remember y• what so ever good thing any man doeth / that shall he receive of the lord. ⟨p. lvj⟩