When Christ saith Mathe. v. Blessed are ye when they rail on you, & persecute you, and say all manner evil sayings against you, and yet lye, and that for my sake, rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. Thou mayest not imagine that our deeds deserve ⟨image 26⟩the Joy and glory that shall be given unto us. For then (Paul sayeth Ro. xi.) favour were not favour I can not receive it of favour and of the bounteous goodness of God freely, and by deserving of deeds also. But believe as the Gospel▪ the glade tidings and promises of God say unto the that for Christs blood's sake only through faith, God is at one with thee and thou received to mercy and art become the son of God and heir annexed with Christ of all the goodness of God the earnest where of is the spirit of god poured in to our hearts. Of which things the deeds are witnesses and certify our consciences that our faith is unfeigned and that the right spirit of God is in us. For if I patiently suffer adversity and tribulation for conscience of God only that is to say, because I know God and testify the truth. Than am I sure that God hath chosen me in Christ and for Christs sake, and hath put in me his spirit as an earnest of his promises, whose working I feel in mine heart, the deeds bearing witness unto the same. Now is it Christs blood only that deserved all the promises of God and that which, I suffer and do is partly the curing healing and mortifying of my members and filing of that originally poison, where with I was conceived and borne, that I might ⟨image 27⟩be altogether Christ, and partly the doing of my duty to my neighbour, whose debt ter I am of all that I have received of God, to draw him to Christ with all suffering, with all patience and even with shedding my blood for him, not as an off ring or merit for his sins, but as an example to provoke him. Christs blood only putteth away all the sin that ever was, is or shall be from them that are elect and repent believing the Gospel that is to say gods promises in Christ.
WHen Christe sayth Mathe. v. Blessed are ye whē they rayle on you, & persecute you, and saye all maner euill sayinges agaynst you, and yet lye, and that for my sake, reioyse and be glad, for youre rewarde is greate in heauen. Thou mayste not ymagen that oure deades deserue ⟨image 26⟩the Joye and glorye that shalbe geven vnto vs. For then (Paule saieth Ro. xi.) fauoure were not fauour I can not receyue it of fauour and of the boūteous goodnes of God frely, and by deseruinge of deads also. But beleue as the Gospel▪ the glade tidynges and promises of God saye vnto the that for Christes bloudes sake only thorowe fayth, God is at one wythe the and thou receyued to mercye and art becōe the sonne of God and heire annered with Christe of all the goodnes of God the ernest where of is the spirite of god poured in to our hertes. Of which thinges the deades are witnesses and certifie oure consciences that oure fayth is vnfained and that ye ryght spirit of God is in vs. For if I paciently suffer aduersite and tribulacion for cōscience of God only that is to say, because I know God and testifie the trueh. Than am I sure that God hath chosen me in Christe and for Christes sake, and hath put in me his spirit as an ernest of his promises, whose workyng I feale in mine hert, the deades beringe wittnes vnto the same. Nowe is it Christes bloud only that deserued all the promises of God and that whiche, I suffer and do is partly ye curinge healing and mortifieng of my mēbres and filyng of that originally poyson, where with I was conceyued and borne, that I myght ⟨image 27⟩be altogether Christ, and partly the doing of my dutye to my neighboure, whos det ter I am of all that I haue receyued of God, to drawe hym to Christe wyth all suffringe, with al paciens and euen with shedinge my bloud for him, not as an offe ringe or merite for hys sinnes, but as an ensampel to prouoke him. Christes bloud only putteth away al the synne that euer was, is or shallbe from them that are electe and repēt beleuing the Gospel that is to saye gods promises in Christe.
