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…

Thy prayers and alms are come up in to remembrance in the presence of God. (in the tenth Chapter of the Acts) That is God forgetteth thee not / though he come not at the first calling / he looketh on and beholdeth thy prayers and alms. Prayer cometh from the heart. God looketh first on the heart / and then on the dead. As thou readest Genesis .iiij. God be held▪ looked first on Abel / and then on his offering. If the heart be unpure / the dead verily pleaseth not / as thou seest in Cain. Mark the order. In the beginning of the chapter thou readest / there was a certain man named Cornelius which feared God / gave much alms / and prayed God alway. He feared God / that is he trembled and quaked to break the commandments of God. Then prayed he alway. Prayer is the fruit effect / dead or act of faith & is no thing but the longing of the heart for tho things which a man lacketh and which God hath promised to give him. He doeth also alms. Alms is the fruit / effect or dead of compassion and pity which we have to our neighbour. Oh a glorious faith and a right ⟨image 63⟩which so tru•eth God and believeth his promises / that she feareth to break his commandments and is also merciful unto her neighbour. This is that faith where of thou readest namely in Peter / Paul and John / that we are there by both justified and saved. And who so ever imagineth any other faith / deceiveth him self and is a vain disputer and a brawler a boute words / and hath no feeling in his heart.

THy prayers and almes ar come vp in to remembraunce in the presens of God. (in the tenth Chapter of the Actes) That is God forgetteth the not / though he come not at the fyrst callynge / he loketh on ād beholdeth thy prayers and almes. Prayer cometh from the herte. God loketh first on the herte / and then on the deade. As thou readist Genesis .iiij. God be helde▪ loked fyrst on Abell / and then on hys offerynge. Yf the hert be vnpure / the deade veryly playseth not / as thou seyst in Cayn. Marke the order. In the begynnynge of the chapter thou readest / there was a certayne man named Cornelius which feared God / gave moch almes / and praied God alwaye. He feared God / that is he trēblede and quakede to breake the cōmaū demētes of God. Thē praied he allwaie. Prayer is the frute effecte / deade or acte of faith & is no thige but the lōgige of the herte for tho thinges which a mā lacketh and which God hath promised to geve him. He doeth also almes. Almes is the frute / effecte or deade of compassiō and pitie which we have to our neyboure. Oh a gloryouse fayth and a ryght