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The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Wherefore do good works, but beware thou do them not to get any good through them, for if thou do, thou receivest the good, not as the gift of God, but as a debt unto thee, and makest thy self fellow with God, because thou wilt take nothing from him for nought. What? needeth he any thing of thine, who giveth all things, and is not the poorer? Therefore do nothing to him, but take of him, for he is a gentle Lord, and with a gladder heart will give us all things that we need, then we take it of him. So that if we want any thing, let us blame our selves. Press not then to the inheritance of heaven, through presumption of thy good works; for if thou doest,1 thou countest thy self holy and equal unto him, because thou wilt take nothing of him for nought; And so shalt thou fall as Lucifer fell from heaven for his pride.
Wherefore do good works, but beware thou do them not to get any good through them, for if thou do, thou receivest the good, not as the gift of God, but as a debt unto thee, and makest thy self fellow with God, because thou wilt take nothing from him for nought. What? needeth he any thing of thine, who giveth all things, and is not the poorer? Therefore do nothing to him, but take of him, for he is a gentle Lord, and with a gladder heart will give us all things that we need, then we take it of him. So that if we want any thing, let us blame our selves. Presse not then to the inheritance of heaven, through presumption of thy good works; for if thou doest,1 thou countest thy self holy and equall unto him, because thou wilt take nothing of him for nought; And so shalt thou fall as Lucifer fell from heaven for his pride.
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Thus ends M. Patricks Articles. And so we return to our History. When those cruel wolves had (as they supposed) clean devoured the prey, they found themselves in worse case then they were before; for then within S. Andrews, yea, almost within the whole Realm (who heard of that fact) there was none found who began not to inquire,