The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

IF any man will do his will (he meaneth the will of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself. Jo. vii. This text meaneth not that any man of his own strength power and free will (as they call it) can do the will of God, before he hath received the spirit and strength of Christ through faith. But here is meant that which ⟨image 58⟩is spoken in the third of John when Nicodemus marvelled how it were possible that a man should be borne again, Christ answered, that which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, & that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit as who should say, he that hath the spirit through faith, and is borne again and made a new in Christ, understandeth the things of the spirit and what he that is spiritual meaneth. But he that is flesh and as Paul sayeth. i. Cor. ii. a natural man and led of his blind reason only, can never ascend to the capacity of the spirit. And he giveth and ensample saying. The wind bloweth where he listeth and thou herest his voice and wottest not whence he coneth nor whither he will. So is every man that is borne of the spirit, he that speaketh of the spirit can never be understand of the natural man which is but flesh and savereth no more then things of the flesh. So here meaneth Christ if any man have the spirit, and consenteth unto the will of God, the same at ones wotteth what I mean.

IF any man wyll do hys wyll (he meaneth the wyll of the doctryne whether it be of God or whether I speak of myselfe. Jo. vii. This text meaneth not yt any man of his owne strength power and fre wil (as they call it) can do the wyl of God, before he hath receyued ye spirite and strength of Christ thorow faith. But here is ment yt which ⟨image 58⟩is spoken in the third of Jhon when Nicodemus maruayled howe it were possyble that a man shoulde be borne agayne, Christ answered, that which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe, & that whyche is borne of the spirite, is spirite as who shoulde saye, he that hath ye spirite thorow faith, and is borne agayne and made a new in Christ, vnderstandeth the thynges of the spirite and what he that is spiritual mea neth. But he that is fleshe and as Paule sayeth.