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If thou wilt enter in to life keep the commandments Mathei. xix. First remember that when God commandeth us to do any thing / he doth it not therefore / because that we of ourselves are able to do that he commandeth / but that be the law we might see and know our horrible damnation & captivity under sin & should / repent & come to Christ / & receive ⟨image 34⟩mercy & the sprite of god to loose us / strength us & to make us able to do God's will which is y• law. Now when he sayeth if thou wilt enter in to life keep the commandments / is as much to say / as he that keepeth the commandments is entered in to life / for except a man have first the sprite of life in him by Christs purchasing / it is impossible for him to keep the commandments / or that his heart should be loose or at liberty to lust after them / for of nature we are enemies to the law of God.

Iff thou wylt enter in to lyfe kepe the cō maūdemētes Mathei. xix. Fyrst remē bre that whē God cōmaūdeth vs to doo onie thīge / he doth it not therfore / because that we of ourselves are able to doe that he cō mādeth / but that be the lawe we myghtse ād knowe our horrible dānaciō & captiuite vnder sinne & shuld / repēt & come to Christe / & receave ⟨image 34⟩mercye & the spryte of god to loose vs / strēgh vs & to make vs able to do goddes wyll which ys y• law. Now whē he sayeth if thou wilt enter ī to life kepe the cōmandemētes / is as moch to say / as he yt kepeth the cōmādemētes ys intred in to life / for except a mā have fyrst the sprite of lyfe in hym by Christes purcheasinge / it is impossible for hym to keape the commādemētes / or that hys hert shuld be loose or at lybertye to lust after them / for of nature we ar enemyes to the law of God.

As touching that Christ sayeth after ward if thou wilt be perfect / go and sell thy substance and give it to the pore he sayeth it not as who should say that there were any greater perfection than to keep the law of God (for that is all perfection) but to show y other his blindness which saw not that the law is spiritual and requireth y heart. But because he was not knowing that he had hurt any man with the outward dead / he supposed that he loved his neighbour as him self. But when he was bade to show the deeds of love / & give of his abundance to them that needed / he departed morning. Which is an evident token that he loved not his neighbour as well as him self. For if he had need him self / it would not have grieved him to have received succour of an other man Moreover he saw not that it was