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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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Gather not treasure together in earth &c. Matth. vi. But gather you treasure in heaven &c. Let not your hearts be glued to worldly things study not to heap treasure upon treasure & riches upon riches / but study to bestow well that which is gotten already / and let your abundance succour the lack and need of the po•r which have not. Have an eye to good works / to which if ye have lust & also power to do them / then are ye sure that the sprite of God is in you / and ye in Christ elect to the reward of eternal life which followeth good works. But look that thine eye be single & rob not Christ of his honour ascribe not it to the deserving of thy works which is given the freely by the merits of his blood. In Christ we are sons In Christ we are heirs / In Christ God chose us and elected us before the beginning of the world / created us anew by the word of the ⟨image 31⟩Gospel / and put his sprite in us / for because we should do good works. A Christen man worketh by cause it is the will of his father only. If we do no good work nor be merciful / how is our lust therein? If we have no lust to do good works / how is Gods sprite in us? If the sprite of God be not in us / how are we his sons? How are we his heirs / and heirs annexed with Christ of the eternal life which is promised to all them that believe in him? Now do our works testify and witness what we are / and what treasure is lead up for us in heaven / so that our eye be single and look upon the commandment with out respect of any thing / save because it is Gods will / and that God desireth it of us / and Christ hath deserved that we do it.
OEther not treasure to gether in erth &c. Matth. vi. But gather you treasure in heven &c. Let not your hertes be glued to worldy thinges studie not to heape treasure apō treasure & riches apō riches / but studie to bestowe well that which is gotē allready / ād let your habundāce succore ye lacke ād neade of the po•r which have not. Have an eye to good workes / to which if ye have lust & also power to do thē / then ar ye sure that the sprite of God is in you / and ye in Christ electe to the rewarde of eternall lyfe which foloweth good workes. But loke yt thine eye be single & robbe not Christ of his honoure ascribe not yt to ye deservī ge of thy workes which is gevē the frely by the merites of his bloude. In Christ we ar sonnes In Christ we are heires / In Christ God chose vs ād elected vs before the beginninge of the world / created vs anewe by the worde of the