The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

So now by this abide sure and fast that a man inwardly in the heart and before ⟨image 19⟩god is righteous and good through faith only before all works. Notwithstanding yet outwardly and openly before the people yea & before him self, is he righteous through the work that is, he knoweth and is sure through the outward work that he is a true believer and in the favour of God and righteous and good through the mercy of God▪ that thou may est call the one an open and an outward righteousness, and the other an inward righteousness of the heart (so yet) that thou under stand by the outward righteousness, none other thing save the fruit that followeth as a declaring of that inward justifying and righteousness of the heart, and not that it maketh a man righteous before God, but that he must first be righteous before him in the heart. Even as thou mayest call the fruit of the tree, which followeth and uttereth the inward natural goodness of the tree.

So now by this abyde sure and fast that a man inwardly in the herte and before ⟨image 19⟩god is rightuous and good thorow faith only before all workes. Notwithstāding yet outwardly and openly before the peo ple yea & before him selfe, is he rightuous thorowe the worke that is, he knoweth and is sure thorowe the outwarde worke that he is a true beleuer and in the fauoure of God and ryghtuous and good thorow the mercy of God▪ that thou may est call the one an open and an outwarde rightuousnes, and the other an inwarde rightuousnes of ye hert (so yet) that thou vnder stande by the outwarde rightuous nes, none other thinge saue the fruit that foloweth as a declaringe of that inwarde iustifiyng and ryghtuousnes of the hert, and not that it maketh a man rightuous before God, but that he muste fyrste be rightuous before hym in the herte. Euen as thou mayste call the fruite of the tre, which foloweth and vttereth the inward naturall goodnes of the tre.