The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

IF thou wilt therefore be at peace with God & love him, thou must turn to the promises of God and to the Gospel, which is called of Paul in the place before rehearsed and to ⟨image 8⟩the Corin. the ministration of righteousness and of the spirit. For faith bringeth pardon and forgiveness freely purchased by Christs blood and bringeth also the spirit, the spirit loseth the bonds of the devil and setteth us at liberty. For where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty sayeth Paul in the same place to the Corinthians, that is to say, there the heart is free and hath power to love the will of God, and there the heart mourneth that he can not love enough. Now is that consent of the heart unto the law of God¹ eternal life, ye though there be no power yet in the members to fulfil it. Let every man therefore (according to Pauls counsel in the. vi Cha. to the Ephe. arm himself with the armour of God, that is to understand, with God's promises, and above all thing (sayeth he) take unto you the shield of faith, wherewith ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day of temptation, and namely at the hour of death.

IF thou wylt therfore bee at peace wyth God & loue hym, thou muste turne to the promyses of God and to the Gospel, whiche is called of Paule in the place before rehersed and to ⟨image 8⟩the Corin. the ministration of rightuous nes and of the spirit. For fayth bryngeth pardon and forgeuenes freely purchased by Christes bloude and bringeth also the spiryte, the spyrite loseth the bondes of the deuyll and setteth vs at lybertye. For where the spirit of the Lorde is ther is lybertye sayeth Paule in the same place to the Corinthians, that is to saye, ther the herte is free and hath power to loue the wyll of God, and ther the hert mourneth that he cā not loue ynough. Now is that consēt of the hert vnto the lawe of God¹ eternal lyfe, yee though ther be no power yet in the membres to fulfyll it. Let euery man therfore (accordyng to Pauls councel in the. vi Cha. to the Ephe. arme hymselfe wyth the armour of God, that is to vnderstāde, with Goddes promyses, and aboue al thyng (sayeth he) take vnto you the shylde of fayth, wherwith ye maye be able to quenche all the fyry dartes of the wicked, that ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye of temptacyon, and namely at the houre of death.