A14146:29
The Parable of the Wicked Mammon
The parable of the wicked mammon Compiled in the year of our lord .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.The parable of the wycked mammon Compiled in the yere of our lorde .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.
Lodon: printed by John day, 1547Lodon: printed by Jhon daye, 1547
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This is therefore a plain, and a sure conclusion not to be doubted of, that there1 must be first in the heart of a man before he doeth any good works greater and a preciouser thing then all the good works in the world to reconcile him to God to bring the love and favour of God, to him, to make him love God again to make him righteous and good in the sight of God, to do away his sin, to deliver him and loose him, out of that captivity wherein he was conceived & borne, in which he could nether love God nor the will of God. Or else how can he work any good work that should please God, if there were not some supernatural goodness in him given of God freely whereof the good work must spring? even as a sick man must first be healed or made whole, e• he can do the deeds of an whole man, and as the blind man must first have sight given him ere he can see: and he that hath his feet in fetters, gives, or ⟨image 10⟩stocks must first be loosed or he can go, walk or run, and even as they which thou readest of in the Gospel, that were possessed of the devils, could not laud God till the devils were caste out.
Thys is therfore a playne, and a sure couclusion not to be dowted of, that ther1 must be firste in the hert of a man before he doeth any good workes greater and a preciouser thinge then all the good workes in the world to reconcyle him to God to brynge the loue and fauour of God, to hym, to make hym loue God agayne to mak him righteous and good in the sight of God, to do awaye hys synne, to delyuer hym and loose hym, out of that captiuite wherein he was conce•ued & borne, in whiche he coulde nether loue God nor the wil of God. Or else how can he work any good work that shoulde please God, if there wer not some supernatural good nes in hym geuen of God frely wherof the good worke must sprynge? euen as a syck man muste fyrste be healed or made whole, e• he can do the dedes of an whole man, and as the blynde man muste fyrste haue sighte geuen hym er he can se: and he that hath his fete in fetters, giues, or ⟨image 10⟩