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Christ hath two sorts of hearers, of ¹which neither of them do there after. The one will be saved by faith of their own making without works. The other with works of their own making without faith. The first are those voluptuous which have yielded them selves up to sin saying: tush God is merciful, & Christ dyed for us: that must save us only, for we cannot but sin without resistance. The second are the hypocrites which will deserve all with their own imagined works only. And of faith they have no other experience, save that it is a little meritorious where it is painful to be believed: As that Christ was borne of a virgin, and that he came not out the way that other children do, he no, that were a great inconvenience but above under her arm & yet made no hole, though he had a very natural body, & as other men have: and that there is no bread in the Sacrament nor wine: though the five wits say all yea. And the meritorious pain of this belief is so heavy to them, that except they had feigned them a thousand wise similitudes and lousy likenesses, and as many mad reasons to stay them with all, and to help to captivate their understanding, they were like to cast all of their backs. And the only refuge of a great many to keep in that faith, is to cast it out of their minds & not to think upon it. As though they forgive not, yet it they put the displeasure out of their minds and think not of it till a good occasion be given to avenge it, they think they love their neighbour well enough all the while, and be in good charge.

Christ hath two sortes of hearers, of ¹which neither of them do there after. The one wilbe saued by fayth of theyr owne makyng without workes. The other with workes of their owne makyng without faith. The first are those voluptuous which haue yelded them selues vp to sinne saying: tushe God is mercyfull, & Christ dyed for vs: that must saue vs onely, for we cannot but sinne without resistāce. The second are the hypocrites which will deserue all with theyr owne imagined woorkes onely. And of fayth they haue no other experience, saue that it is a litle meritorious where it is paynefull to be beleued: As that Christ was borne of a virgin, and that he came not out the way that other children do, he no, that were a great inconuenience but aboue vnder her arme & yet made no hole, though he had a very naturall body, & as other mē haue: and that there is no bread in the Sacrament nor wyne: though the fiue wittes say all ye. And the meritorious payne of this belefe is so heauy to them, that except they had fayned them a thousand wise similitudes and lowsye lykenesses, and as many madde reasōs to stay them with all, and to helpe to captiuate their vnderstandyng, they were like to cast all of their backes. And the onely refuge of a great many to keepe in that fayth, is to cast it out of their myndes & not to thinke vpon it. As though they forgeue not, yet it they put the displeasure out of their myndes and thinke not of it til a good occasion be geuē to aduēge it, they thinke they loue their neighbour well inough all the while, and be in good charge.