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but she we us our weakness & feebleness in well doing / & to show man that he hath deserved death & damnation / which by his own power he can not shun / to the end that a man knowing his own weakness & unablenes to do well / despair of his own virtue & strength / setting aside all confidence in any th•ge that he can do ⟨image 36⟩humble him self / knowleging that if our merciful lord of his unspeakable mercy / deliver him not from death and damnation / the which he hath deserved through transgression of the law / he had perished and ben damned for ever. For if our fierce and proud heart be not meekened first by the law / and make us confess our self Sinners / we should never be saved by Christ for he came for to save sinners and unrighteous / not them that be righteous and just / which justify them self by their works.

but she we vs our wekenesse & feblenesse in well doyng / & to shew man that he hath deserued deth & damnation / which by his own power he cā nat shon / to the ende that a mā knowyng his owne wekenes & vnablenes to do well / dispeyre of his own vertue & strength / settinge asyde all cōfydence in any th•ge that he cā do ⟨image 36⟩humble him selfe / knowleging that if our mercyfull lorde of his vnspekable mercy / delyuer him nat from deth and dampnacyon / the whiche he hath deserued thorow transgressyon of the lawe / he had perysshed and ben dampned for euer. For if oure fearse and proude herte be nat mekened fyrst by the lawe / and make vs confesse oure selfe Synners / we shulde neuer be saued by Christ for he came for to saue synners and vnrightuous / nat them that be rightuouse and iust / which iustify them selfe by their workes.

¶ But when a man knoweth his own filthiness & abomination / & seeth that he is condemned righteously to everlasting death / than cometh the gospel / which is to say glad tidings in use & is presented unto him which saith: Thou wretched these which wouldest have deprived god