The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

IF thou wilt enter in to life keep the commandments Ma•hei. xix. First remember that when God ? ? ? commandeth us to do any thing, he doth it not therefore, because that we of our selves are able to do that he come maundeth, but that by the law we might see and know our horrible damnation and captivity under sin and should repent ⟨image 34⟩and come to Christ, & receive mercy and the scripture of God to loose us, strength us & to make us able to do gods will which is the law. Now when he say eth if thou wilt enter in to life keep the¹ commandments, is as much to say, as he that keepeth the commandments is entered in to life, for except a man have first the spirit of life in him by Christs purchasing, it is impossible for him to keep the commandments, or that his heart should be loose or at liberty to lust after them ▪ for of nature we are enemies to the law of God. As touching that Christ sayeth after ward if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell thy substance and give it to² the pore he sayeth it not as who should say that there were any greater perfection then to keep the law of God (for that is all perfection) but to show the other his blindness which saw •not that the law is spiritual and requireth the heart. But because he was not knowing that he had hurt any man with the outward dead, he supposed that he loved his neighbour as him self. But when he was bade to show the deeds of love, and give of his abundance to them that needed, he departed morning. Which is an evident token that he loved not his neighbour as well as him self. For if he had need him self, it would not have grieved him to have received ⟨image 34⟩succour of an other man. Moreover he saw not▪ that it was murder and theft that a man should have abundance of riches lying by him and not succour his neighbours need. God hath given one man riches to help an other at need. If thy neighbour need and thou help him not being able thou with holdest his duty from him and art a these before God.