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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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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.
Was not Abraham justified of his deeds / when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? James .iij. his dead justified him before the world / that is / it declared and uttered the faith which both justifieth him before God / and wrought that won derfull work as James also affirmeth.
WAs not Abrahā iustifyed of his deades / when he offered his sonne Isaac apō the altar? James .iij. his deade iustifyed hym before the worlde / that is / yt declared and vttered the fayth which both instifyeth hym before God / ād wrought that wō derfull worke as James also affermeth.
Was not Raab the harlot justified when she received the messengers and sent them on•e an other way? Jam .iij. that is like wise outwardly / but before God she was justified by faith which wrought that outward dead / as thou mayest see Joshua .ij. She had heard what God had done in Egypt / in the red see / in the desert / and unto the two kings of the Amorites / Seon / and Og. And she confessed seeing: your lord God / he is God in heaven / above and in earth beneath. She also believed that god as he had promised y• children of Israel would give them the land where in she dwelt / & ⟨p. lix⟩consented there unto / submitted her self unto the will of God / & helped God (as much as in her was) and saved his spies & messengers. The other feared y• which she believed / but resisted God with all there might and had no power to submit them self unto the will of God. And therefore perished they / and she was saved & that through faith / as we read Hebr. xi. where thou mayest see how the holy fathers were saved through faith / and how faith wrought in them. Faith is y goodness of all the deeds y are done with in the law of god & maketh them good and glorious / seem they never so vile & unbelief maketh them damnable seem they never so glorious.