A14144:93
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.
Secondarily of the hole multitude of the nature of man / whom God hath elect and chosen and to whom he hath appointed mercy & grace in Christ / to them sendeth he his sprite / which openeth there eyes / showeth them there misery / & bringeth them unto the knowledge of them selves / so that they hate and abhor them selves / are a stonied and amazed and at there wits ends / nether wot what to do or where to seek health. Then lest they should flee from God by desperation / he comforteth them again with his sweet promises in Christ and certifieth there hearts that for Christs sake they are received to mercy and there sins forgiven and they elect & made the sons of god and heirs with Christ of eternal life: and this through faith are they set at peace with God.
Secūdarily of the hole multitude of the nature of mā / whō God hath electe ād chosen ād to whō he hath apointed mercy & grace in Christ / to thē sendeth he his sprite / which openeth ther eyes / showeth thē ther miserye / & brīgeth thē vnto the knowleage of them selves / so that they hate ād abhorre thē selves / are a stonyed ād amased ād at ther wittes ēdes / nether wott what to do or where to seke helth. Thē lest they shuld flee frō God bi desperacion / he cōforteth thē agayne with his swete promises in Christe ād certifyeth there hertes that for Christes sake they ar receaved to mercye ād ther sinnes forgeven ād they electe & made the sonnes of god ād heyres with Christe of eternall life: ād this thorowe fayth ar they set at peace with God.
Now may not we axe why god chooseth one & not an other / other think that God is unjust to dam us afore we do any actual dead / seeing that God hath power over all his creatures of right / to do with them what he list or to make of every one of them as he listeth. Our darkness cannot perceive his light. God will be feared and not have his secret judgment tes known. More over we by the light of faith see a thousand things which are impossible to an infidel to see. So like wise no doubt in the light of the clear vision of God we shall see thin ges which now God will not have known. For paid ever accompanieth high knowledge but grace accompanieth meekness. Let us therefore give diligence rather to do the will of God / then to search his secrets which are not profitable for us to know.