The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

That meaneth Paul Philip. ii. saying Be minded as Christ was which being in the shape of God, equal unto God and ⟨image 20⟩even very God, laid that a part, that is to say, hid it. And toke on him the form and fashion of a servant, That is, as concerning him self he had enough, that he was full, and had plenteousness of the Godhead, and in all his works sought our profit and became our servant. The cause is, for as much as faith justifieth and putteth away sin in the sight of God, bringeth, life, health and the favour of God, maketh us the heirs of God poureth the spirit of God into our souls and filleth us with all godliness in Christ, it were to great a shame, rebuke, and wrong unto the faith, yea to Christs blood if a man would work any thing to purchase that, wherewith faith hath endued him already, and God hath given him surely. Even as Christ had done a rebuke and shame unto him self, if he would have done good works and wrought to have ben made there by Gods son and heir over all, which thing he was already. Now doth faith make us the sons or children of God, John. i. he gave them might or power to be the sons of God, in that they believed in his name If we be sons, so are we also heirs Roma. viii. and Gala. iiii. Howe can, or ought we then to work, for to purchase that inheritance with all, where of we are heirs all ready by ⟨image 21⟩faith? What shall we say then to those scriptures which sound as though a man should do good works and live well for heavens sake or eternal reward? As these are, make you friends of the unrighteous mammon. And Math. vii. Ga there you treasure together in heaven. Also Math. xix. If thou wilt enter in to life keep the commandments and such like. This say I, that they which under stand not, nether feel in their hearts what faith meaneth, talk and think of the reward even as they do of the work, nether suppose they that a man ought to work but in a respect to the reward.

That meaneth Paul