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Now have we then that faith only before all works justifieth, and that it ¹followeth not yet therefore, that a man should do no good works, but that yt right shapē works abide not behind, but accompany faith, even as brightness doth the sun, and are called of Paul the fruits of the sprite. Where yt spirit is, there it is always summer, ²and there are always good fruits, that is to say good works. This is Pauls order, that good works spring of the sprite, the spirit cometh by faith, and faith cometh by hearing the word of God, when the glad tidings and promises which God hath made unto us in Christ are preached truly, and received in the ground of the hart, with out wavering or doub•ing, after that the law hath passed upon us, and hath damned our consciences. Where the word of God is preached purely, ³and received in the hart, there is faith, the spirit of God, & there are also good works of necessity, whensoever occasion is given. Where Gods word is not purely preached, but mens dreams, traditions, imaginations, inventions, ceremonies, & superstition, there is no faith, and consequently no spirit that cometh of GOD, and where Gods spirit is not, there can be no good works, even as where an apple tree is not, there can grow no apples, but ⟨p. 46⟩there is unbelief the devils sprite, and evil works. Of this Gods sprite and his fruits, have our holy hypocrites not once known, neither yet tasted how sweet they are, though they feign many good works of their own imagination to be justified withal, in which is not one crumb of true faith, or spiritual ⁴love, or of inward joy, peace and quietness of conscience, for as much as they have not the word of GOD for them, that such works please GOD, but they are even the rotten fruits of a rotten tree.

Now haue we then that fayth only before all workes iustifieth, and that it ¹