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But here must a mark be set unto those unquiet, busy, and high climbing spirits, how far they shall go: which first of all bring hither their high reasons and pregnant wits, and begin first from an high to search the bottomless secretes of Gods predestination, whether they be predestinate or not. These must needs either cast them selves down headlong into desperation, or else commit them selves to free chance careless. But follow thou the order of ¹this Epistle, and nuzzle thy self with Christ, and learn to understand what the law and yt Gospel mean, and the office of both two, that thou mayest in the one know thy self, and how that thou hast of thy self no strength but to sin, & in the other the grace of Christ, and then see thou fight against sin, and the flesh as the. vij. first Chapters teach thee. After that when thou art come to the viij. Chapter, & art under the cross, and suffering of tribulation, the necessity of predestination will wax sweet, and thou shalt well feel how precious a thing it is. For except thou have borne the cross of adversity, and temptation, & hast felt thy self brought unto the very brim of desperation, yea and unto hell gates, thou canst never meddle with the sentence of predestination, without thine own harm, & without secret wrath and grudging inwardly against God, for otherwise it shall not be possible for thee to think that God is righteous, & just. Therefore ²must Adam be well mortified, and the fleshly wit brought utterly to nought, yet that thou mayest away ⟨p. 49⟩with this thing, and drink so strong wine. Take heed therefore unto thy self, that thou drink not wine, while thou art yet but a suckling. For every learning hath her time measure & age, and in Christ is there a certain childhood, in which a man must be content with milk for a season, until he wax strong, and grow up, unto a perfect man in Christ, and be able to eat of more strong meat.

But here must a marke be set vnto those vnquiet, busie, and hye climyng spirites, how farre they shall go: which first of all bryng hether their hye reasons and pregnaunt wittes, and begyn first from an hye to search the bottomlesse secretes of Gods predestination, whether they bee predestinate or not. These must nedes either cast them selues down headlong into desperation, or els commit thē selues to fre chaunce carelesse. But folow thou the order of