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Note the conclusion with a proper ⟨p. 232⟩similitude. The eye is the light of the body, and by the light of the eye all other ¹members see and are governed. As long as the eye seeth, hand & foot do their duties, neither is there any fear that a man should sinnible or fall into fire or water. But if the eye be blind, all the body is blind, and that so blind that there is no remedy at all: set a candle before him, he seeth not, give him a lantern in his hand, and yet he goeth not straight. Bring him out into the sun & point him unto that which thou wouldest have him see, it booteth not. Even so, if covetousness ²have blinded the spiritual eye, & perverted the right intent of the law of God, and of the works commanded by God, and of the sacrifice, ceremonies, and sacraments, and of all other ordinances of God (which intent is the spiritual eye) then is all the doctrine dark and very blindness: yea and then how dark is the darkness, when that which is pure blindness is believed to be light? how dark is the doctrine of them that teach that a man may compel God with the works of free will to give them his favour & grace, or make God unrighteous? How dark is the doctrine of them which (to the rebuke of Christs blood) teach that works do justify before God, and make satisfaction for sins? How blind are they which think prayer to be the pattering of many words, and will therefore not only be praised and payed of the world, but also by the title thereof challenge heaven & not by the merits of Christs blood? How dark is the doctrine of them whose faith is only and all together in appointments which they themselves have feigned between them and God, unto which yet God never subscribed: In which also they assign what work and how much they will do, and what reward, and how great God must give them, or choose whether he will be unrighteous.

Note the conclusion wyth a proper ⟨p. 232⟩similitude. The eye is the light of the body, and by the light of the eye all other ¹members see and are gouerned. As long as the eye seeth, hand & foote do their duties, neyther is there any feare that a man should sinnible or fall into fire or water. But if the eye be blynde, all the body is blinde, and that so blinde that there is no remedy at al: set a candle before him, he seeth not, geue hym a lanterne in hys hand, and yet he goeth not straighte. Bring him out into the sunne & point hym vnto yt which thou wouldest haue hym see, yt boteth not. Euen so, if couetousnesse