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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.
IF ye forgive other men there trespasses / your heavenly father shall forgive you yours / Matth. in the .vi. Chapter if I forgive / God shall forgive me / not for my deeds sake / but for his promises sake / for his mercy and trueth / and for the blood of his son Christ our lord. And mi forgiving certifieth my sprite that God shall forgive me / yea that he hath forgiven me all ready For if I consent to the will of God in my heart / though through infirmity and weakness I can not do the will of God at all times / more over though I can not do the will of God so purely as the law requireth it of me / yet if I see my fault and meekly knowledge my sin / weeping in mine heart because I can not do the will of God / and thirst after strength / I am sure that the spirit of God is in me / and his favour upon me. For the world lusteth not to do the will of God / nether sorroweth because he can not / though he sorrow some time for fear of the pain that he believeth ⟨p. xxv⟩shall follow. He that hath the sprite of this world can not forgive with out amends making or a greater vantage. If I forgive now how cometh it? verily because I feel the mercy of God in me. For as a man feeleth god to him self / so is he to his neighbour I know by mine own experience that all flesh is in bondage under sin and can not but sin / therefore am I merciful and desire God to loose the bonds of sin even in mine enemy.
IFF ye forgeve othermen there trespases / your hevenlye father shall forgeve you youres / Matth. in the .vi. Chapter yff I forgeve / God shall forgeve me / not for my deades sake / but for his promises sake / for his mercie and trueth / and for the bloude of his sonne Christe our lorde. And mi forgeving certifieth my sprite that God shall forgeve me / ye that he hath forgeven me all redye For if I cōsent to the will of God in my hert / though thorowe infirmite ād wekenes I can not doo the will of God at all times / more over though I can not doo the wyll of God so purelye as the lawe requireth it of me / yet if I se my faute and mekely knowleage my sinne / wepinge in mine herte because I cā not do the will of God / and thurst after strength / I am sure that the sprete of God is in me / and his favoure apon me. For the world lusteth not to doo the will of God / nether soroweth because he can not / though he sorrowe some time for feare of the payne that he beleleveth