And in all that they do or omit & leave undone, they seek God's honour / & his will with meekness / ever condemning the unperfectness of their deeds by the law. ¶ Now Christ standeth us in double stead / and us serveth two manner wise. First he is our redeemer / deliverer / reconciler / mediator / intercessor / advocate or turney / solicitor / our hope / comfort / shield / protection / defender / strength / health / satisfaction / & salvation. His blood / his death / all that he ever did / is ours. And Christ himself with all that he is or can do / is ours. His blood shedding and all that he did doth me as good service as though I my self had done it. And god (as great as he is) is mine with all that he hath as an husband is his wives through Christ & his purchasing▪ ⟨image 18⟩¶ Secondarily / after that we be overcome with love & kindness / and now seek to do the will of god (which is a christen man's nature) Than have we christ an example to counter feyt / as saith Christ hi self in Joh. I have given you an example. And in another Evangelist / he saith: He that will be great among you shall be your servant & minister / as the son of man •ame to minister & •at to be ministered unto, & Paul saith: counterfeit Christ. And peter saith / christ dyed for you / & left you an ensample to follow his steppes. What so ever therefore faith hath received of god through christs blood & deserving / that same must love shed out every whit / & bestow it on our neighbours unto their profit / yea / & that though they be our enemies. By faith we receive of god / & by love we shed out again. And that must we do freely after ⟨image 18⟩the ensample of Christ with out any other respect / save our neighbours wealth only / & neither look for reward in earth nor yet in heaven for the deserving & merits of our deeds as friars preach / though we know that good deeds are rewarded▪ both in this life & in the life to come: but of pure love must we bestow our selves all that we have / & all that we are able to do / even on our enemies to bring them to god / considering nothing but their wealth as christ did ours▪ christ •yd not his deeds to obtain heaven •herby (that had ben a madness) heaven •as his already / he was heir thereof / it was his by inheritance / but •yd them freely for our sakes / considering nothing but our wealth / & to •ringe the favour of god to us a•ayne / & us to god.
And ī all that they do or omyt & leue vndon, they seke goddes honour / & his wil wt mekenes / euer cōdemnīg ye vnꝑfytnes of their dedꝭ by ye law. ¶ Nowe Christe standeth vs in double steede / and vs serueth two maner wyse. Fyrst he is our redemer / delyuerer / reconsyler / medyator / intercessor / aduocate or turney / solyciter / our hope / conforte / shelde / protection / defender / strength / helth / satisfaction / & saluacion. His blode / his deth / all yt he euer dyd / is ours. And Christ himselfe with all that he is or can do / is ours. His blode shedynge and all that he dyd doth me as good seruyce as though I my selfe had done it. And god (as gret as he is) is myne with all that he hath as an husbāde is his wiues thorowe Christ & his purchasynge▪ ⟨image 18⟩¶ Secōdarily / after that we be ouercome with loue & kyndnes / and now seke to do the wyl of god (whiche is a christenmās nature) Than haue we christ an example to coūter feyt / as sayth Christ hi selfe in Joh. I haue gyuen you an example. And in another Euāgelist / he sayth: He that wyl be gret amonge you shalbe your seruaunt & minister / as the son of man •ame to minister & •at to be ministred vnto, & Paul saith: coū terfet Christ. And peter saith / christ dyed for you / & left you an ensample to folowe his steppes. What so euer therfore faith hath receyued of god thorow christes blode & deseruyng / that same must loue shede out euery whyt / & bestowe it on our neybours vnto their profyt / ye / & that though they be our enemys. By faith we receyue of god / & by loue we shede out again. And that must we do frely after ⟨image 18⟩the ensāple of Christ wt out any other respecte / saue oure neybours welth only / & neither loke for rewarde in erth nor yet in heuen for the deseruīge & merytes of oure dedes as freres prech / though we knowe that good dedes are rewarded▪ bothe in this lyfe & in the lyfe to come: but of pure loue must we bestow our seluꝭ al yt we haue / & al that we ar able to do / euyn on our enemyes to bringe thē to god / cōsyderige nothinge but their welth as christ did ours▪ christ •yd nat his dedes to obteyne heuen •herby (that had bē a madnes) heuē •as his alredy / he was heyre ther•f / it was his by inherytaunce / but •yd thē frely for our sakes / consydenge nothinge but our welthe / & to ringe the fauoure of god to vs aayne / & vs to god.
