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8. Surely you be saved by grace through faith, and that not of your selves: it is the gift of God: 9. Not by works, least any man might boast. 10. For we be his workmanship, created in Jesus Christ, too good works which God hath prepared for us too walk in.

8. Surely you bee saued by grace through fayth, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God: 9. Not by woorkes, least any man myght boast. 10. For wee bee his vvoorkmanship, created in Iesus Christ, too good workes which God hath prepared for vs too walke in.

Saint Paul hath showed heretofore, that our salvation is the true looking glass, wherein too behold the infinite glory of God: for it is his will, too be known by his goodness above all things. And for that cause also hath he showed, that God chose us before the making of the world, howbeit not in respect of any thing that could be found in us: but too content his own only mercy. Here therefore he concludeth that matter, and showeth what he meant when he told us, that our adoption hangeth and proceedeth of Gods choosing of us in his own everlasting purpose, that is too wit, too the intent we should be as it were clean defaced, and confess that whatsoever we be, and whatsoever goodness we have, we hold it all wholly of God and of his only free goodness. That is the cause why he sayeth, that we be saved by grace, not of our selves, but by Gods gift, and not by works. It had bin enough ••o have excluded all the goodness and virtue that man could imagine. But forasmuch as it is hard to beat down the pride whereto we be too much given: S. Paul rehearseth this matter again, too the end it might be the better understood, and confirmed more at large. And therewithal we have too mark, how he matcheth faith against it, as well too show the mean whereby too come too salvation, as also too ⟨image 91⟩[…] ⟨p. 75⟩[…] ⟨image 92⟩