The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke

But here must a mark be set unto those unquiet / busy & high climbing sprites how far they shall goo / which first of all bring hither there high reasons & pregnant wits / & begin first from an high to search the bottomless secretes of God's predestination / whether they be predestinate or not. These must needs ether cast them selves down headlong in to desperation or else commit them selves to free chance careless. But follow thou the order of this pistle / & nuzzle thy¹ self with Christ / & learn to understand what the law and the gospel mean / and the office of both two / that thou mayest in the one know thy self / & 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 & the flesh as the .vii. first chapters teach thee. After that when thou art come to the .viii. chapter / and art under the cross and suffering of ⟨p. ccxvi⟩tribulation / the necessity of predestination will wax sweet & thou shalt well feel how precious a thing it is. For except thou have borne y• cross of adversity and temptation / and hast felt thy self brought unto the very brim of desperation / yea and unto hell go tes / thou canst never meddle with the sentence of predestination without thine own harm / and without secret wrath and grudging inwardly against God / for otherwise it shall not be possible for the to think that God is righteous & just. Therefore must Adam▪ be well mortified and the fleshly wit brought utterly to nought / ere that thou mayst away with this thing / & 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 and age / and in Christ is there ascertain 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 muste a marke be set vnto those vn quyet / busye & hye clyming sprites howe ferre they shall goo / which fyrst of all bringe hether there hye reasons & pregnāt wittes / & begynne fyrst frō an hye to serche the botomlesse secretes of Goddis predestinaciō / whether they be predestinat or not. These must nedes ether cast thē selues doune hedelong in to desperaciō or else cō mit them selues to fre chaūce carelesse. But folowe thou the order of this pistle / & noosell thy