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…

Now he that is of God / hereth the word of God Jo. viij. and who is of God but he that hath the sprite of God. Further more / sayeth he ye hear it not / because ye are not of God / that is / ye have no lust in the word of God / for ye understand it not / and that because his sprite is not in you.

Now he that is of God / hereth the worde of God Jo. viij. and who is of God but he that hath the sprite of God. Forther more / sayeth he ye heare it not / because ye ar not of God / that is / ye have no lust in the worde of God / for ye vnderstōd it not / ād that because his sprite is not in you.

For as much then as the scripture is no thing else but that which the sprite of God hath spoken bight Prophets & Apostles / and can not be understand but of the same sprite: Let every man pray to God to send him his sprite to loose us from our natural blindness and ignorance / and to give us understanding and feeling of y• things ⟨p. xxxv⟩of God and of the speaking of the sprite of God. And mark this process. First we are dā ned of nature / so conceived & borne / as a serpent is a serpent / and a toad a toad and a snake a snake by nature. And as thou seest a young child / which hath pleasure in many things where in is present death / as in fire / water and so forth / would slay him self with a thousand deaths / if he were not waited upon and kept therefrom. Even so we / if we should live this thousand years could in all that time delight in no other thing nor yet seek any other thing / but that where in is death of the soul.

For as moch then as the scripture is no thige els but that which ye sprite of God hath spokē bithe Prophetes & Apostles / ād can not be vnderstāde but of the same sprite: Let every mā pray to God to send hym his sprite to loose vs frō our naturall blindnes ād ignorāce / and to geve vs vnderstonding ād fealinge of y• thinges ⟨p. xxxv⟩