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vnryghtuousnes in iudgement neyther in meteyarde weyght or measure c. Leuit. xix For who soeuer doth not rightuous is not of god but of the deuyll .i. Iohn̄ .iii. Nowe sayth christ ●lessyd are they whiche hunger thurst for ryghtwysnes for they shall be fylled Therfore he that thynketh to be made ryghtwyse by chryst must haue lust to lyue an vpryght lyfe before god be poore in herte sekynge moste specyally the kyngdome of heauen and the ryghtwysnesse therof for the ryghtwysnesse no doubte which is good before god cōmeth of the fayth of Iesus Chryst vnto all and vpō all that beleue Ro. iij. For no man thorowe his owne good dedes can be made rightwyse Gala. ij ALso to haue peace whiche ouercōmeth consumeth wrathe enuy malyce Therfore the deuyl our aduersary synce that peace was made bytwene God and man thorowe Chryste hath no more power ouer our soules for yf the peace of God rule in our hertꝭ the whiche passeth all vnderstandynge Phi. iiij To the whiche peace we are called Col. iij. then is our conscience fylled with great ioy hauynge abūdaunce of all spirytuall goodnesse bycause our sauyoure Chryst hath pacyfyed the father hath made an atonement for vs and for all our mysdedes For he is oure peace whiche hath put awaye thorowe his flesshe the cause of hatred so makynge peace hath reconcyled vs to God thorowe his crosse and slew hatred therby and came and preached peace vnto vs for thorowe hym we haue an open way in in one spiryte vnto the father Ephe. ij peace I leue ●ith you sayth Chryst my peace I gyue ●●to you Iohn̄ xiij Let vs therfore for lowe those thyngꝭ whiche make for peace thynges wherwith one maye edyfy another Ro. xiiij For these wordes haue I spoken vnto you sayth Chryst that in me ye myght haue peace Iohn̄ .xvj. THe laste pryncypall is loue otherwyse called charite bycause loue is a great and a pryncypall vertue aboue all other For thoughe I dyd speke with the tonges of men and aungels and yet had no loue I were as a soūdyng brasse or as a tynklynge cymball and thoughe I coulde prophecye and vnderstande all secretes had all knowlege all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of theyr places yet had no loue I were nothynge And thoughe I bestowed all my goodes to fede the pore and though I gaue my body euen that I burned yet had no loue it profyteth me nothynge c. i. Cor. xiij For he that hath perfyt loue fulfylleth the hole lawe Ro. xiij also Chryst sayth A newe cōmaundem●●● gyue I vnto you that ye loue togyther as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue one another By this shall all men knowe that ye ar my disciples yf ye shall haue loue one to another Iohn̄ .xiij. He that hath my cōmaundementes and kepeth theym the same is he that loueth me and he that loued me shall be loued of my father and I wyll loue hym we wyl come vnto hym and wyll dwel with hym For God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym .j. Iohn̄ .iiij. FOr as fayth hope pacyence ryght wysenes peace and loue be vnseperable and that no mā can haue the one without the other lyke as fayth cōmeth of the worde of god and hope cōmeth of fayth charite spryngeth of them both For the worde of God is quycke myghty in operacyon sharper then any two edged swerde and entreth thorowe eue● 〈◊〉 the deuydynge a sounder of the soule and the spyryte and of the ioyntes and the mary iudgeth the thoughtes and the intentes of the hert neyther is there any creature inuisible in the sight of hym Hebre .iiij. So that we can not do nor yet obtayne any goodnesse without the wyll of God in whome must be alwayes our hope Thus may you marke that faith beleueth onely in god and in his worde hope trusteth after it that is promysed by the worde charyte doth good vnto her neyghbour thorowe the loue that it hath to God and his worde Nowe when you wyll take vpon you to lyue after goddes worde so haue you tysynge agaynst you many ennemyes to make you to forsake god as the worlde the flesshe the deuyll but fayth loketh to God and his worde hope loketh vnto his gyft and rewarde charyte loketh on her neyghbours profyte Therfore bretherne yf we be stablysshed in the trueth of gods worde it wyll make vs that we shall not be ydle no● unfruytefull THerfore sayth Chryste be of good there for yf the worlde hate you y● knowe that he hated me before he hated you c. Iohn̄ xv The worlde is nothynge els but the hole companye of carnall men whiche lyue after the lustes of the flesshe and blode beynge deade in trespasse and synne as natural chyldren of the wrath of god and be frembe from the testamentꝭ of promysse that is in chryste beynge without hope yee and without god in this worlde whiche walke in vanyties of theyr owne myndes blynde in theyr vnderstandynge thorowe they ygnorancy and beynge past repentaūce haue gyuen themselues ouer vnto wantōnesse for the ymagynacyon of mānes hert is euyl from the very youth of hym contynually Ge. vj. viij What is more wycked then the thynge that flesshe and blode hath ymagyned Eccle. xvij For 〈◊〉 which is hyghly estymed amōge men i●●bhominable in the syght of god Lu. xvj ●●t god so loued the worlde that he hath gyuen his onely sone that none that beleue in hym shuld perysshe but shuld haue euerlastinge lyfe For god sent not his sone in to the worlde to cōdempe the worlde but that the worlde throughe hym myghte be saued He that beleueth on hym shall not be condempned But he that beleued not is cōdempned all redy bycause he beleueth not in the name of the onely sone of god And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and the men loued darkenes more then light bycause theyr dedes were euyl c. Iohn̄ iij. Se therfore that ye loue not the worlde neyther the thynges that are in the worlde yf any man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in hym For he that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the lust of the iyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanyssheth away and the lust therof i. Iohn̄ ij Who soeuer wyll be a frende of the worlde is made th● enemye of God Ia. iiij For it cann●● stande togyther that a man maye be a frende of God and the worlde both yf a man wyl haue frendship with the worlde so must he consent with the worlde in the wyckednes of the worlde whose gyft and rewarde is none other then synne death hell dampnacyon Nowe when the righteous knoweth al this strayght waye flyeth he to god with all his herte soule and mynde and

¶ The declaracyon and power of the Chrysten fayth ¶ He that beleueth on me hath euerlastynge lyfe Iohn̄ .vj. ¶ Here worketh in the beleuynge man fayth thorowe loue the good workes whiche God hath ordeyned to the entent that we shulde walke therin Ephe. ij ¶ He that loueth his neyghboure as hym selfe kepeth all the cōmaundementes of god Mat. vij Rom. xiij Gala. v. ¶ This is the victory that ouercōmeth the world our Beleue .i. Iohn̄ .v. For Chryst saith be of good chere I haue ouercome the worlde Iohn̄ .xvj. ¶ worlde ¶ All that is in the worlde is the lust of the flesshe the lust of the iyes and the pryde of goodes .i. Iohn̄ .ii. and he that soweth in his flesshe shall of the flesshe repe corrupcyon Gala. vii ¶ Flesshe blode ¶ Flesshe and blode shall not inheryte the kyngedom of god .i. Cor. xv Chap y. For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spyryte Gala. Ca. ¶ Deuyll ¶ Your aduersary the deuyll as a rorynge lyon w●lketh aboute sekynge whō he may deuoure i. ●…e v. Ca. Chryste hath put downe hym that h●… fordeshyp ouer deathe that is to say the deu●●l Heb. ii Ca. C. FOr as muche as the holy Scrypture / is a mooste precyous Iuwell / and cōmeth thorowe grace vnto them whiche receaue it in fayth thorowe the holy ghost the whiche doth teache and leade vs to that euerlastynge lyfe which word also is very Cihyst hym selfe Now he that entreth not in by this dore into the shepe folde but clymeth vp some other way the same is a thefe and a robber I am sayth Chryst the way the truthe and the lyfe euery one that beleueth on me hath euerlastynge lyfe Thus must● euery true chrysten spryng out of christ folowing his fote steppes in thy lyuinge or els it can not appere that Chryst abideth in the thou in hym as the braūch in the vyne or in the good tree for yf that thou lyke vnto the good tree Chryste bryngeth not forth good fruyte and fo●●we hym in teachynge sufferynge and to make short in all thy lyuynge so canst thou not be of his flocke for all that are in christ doth folowe christ in theyr liuing THe worlde sayeth that they knowe god with theyr good workes the which is none other but the preceptes of men that they teache and obserue for that call they goddes seruys but it is nothyng so they vnderstande not what they speake neyther wherof they affyrme which are but mēnes fables and with them turne they men from the truth but the kyngdome of god stādeth not in wordes but in power Why make ye your booste of me sayth christ say Lorde Lorde and do not that which I cōmaund you not one of you that say vnto me Lorde / lord shall come vnto me but they that do my fathers wyll which is in heauen that is what soeuer ye wolde that men shulde do to you euen so do to them for this is the lawes and the prophetes He that he●●eth my worde and doth not there aft●● is lyke vnto a very foole I am the vyne and ye are the braunches he that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth forth moch frute wylt thou know mā what maner of fruytes Christ meaneth Verely the fruytes of the spryte the whiche is loue ioye peace long sufferynge gentlenes all goodnes faythfulnes mekenes temperancye ryghtwysenes and trueth Who soeuer is voyde of these and foloweth not them so is he no tree of the holy spyryte nor yet none of his plāttes although he be bysshop docter parson c. ye although he can preache and teache prate neuer so goodly of the scrypture For so longe as he foloweth not these fruytes of the spyryte with his lyuynge dysceaueth hym selfe although he thynketh and sayeth that he beleueth in Christ and is a chrystian neuerthelesse he is not in Chryste but far wyde of frō hym lyke vnto those Iewes which sayde they were the sede of Abra●am but Chryste sayd that they were of thjeyr father the deuyl euen so are all they the chyldren of the deuyll in darkenes and be yet in the olde vnfruytefull tre of Adam so longe as we brynge not forth these true fruytes of the spryte althoughe we fast praye do neuer so moche it can not help vs so longe as we deny hym with our dedes are abhomynable and disobedyent to god and his holy worde THerfore derely beloued it is moste nedefull for vs fyrste with a repentynge herte to be conuerted to God and his worde and to edefy oure selues with the moste holy fayth that is in our lorde Chryst for the remyssyon of synnes And secōdarely to loue our bretherne for our heauenly fathers sake bycause they be created after his ymage and for our lorde mayster Chrystes sake which sayth loue ye one another lyke as I haue loued you And also bycause they be the pryce of his precyous blode And thyrdely 〈◊〉 longe and hope for the lyfe to come 〈◊〉 cause this lyfe can not be leade without syn̄e These thre poyntꝭ I meane fayth loue and hope are the profession and relygyon of a christen man the which god thorowe his spyryte marketh all that be his immediatly and as soone as they be ioyned to Chryst and made membres of his churche therfore sayeth Christ to all faythfull Mat. v. Let your lyght so shyne before men that they maye se your good workes and gloryfy your father whiche is in heuen lyke as you may se in the holy Scripture howe that fayth worketh thorowe loue the workes of mercy which is the offyce of loue to powre out agayn the same goodnesse that she hath receyued of God vpon her neyghboure and to be to her as she fealeth Chryste to her selfe The offyce of loue is onely to haue compassion and to bere with his neyghbour the burdayne of his infyrmytyes for he that loueth his brother abydeth in the lyght there is none offēdynge in hym 〈◊〉 is redy alwayes to help hym yee were it his ennemye And those men be the true chrysten and moste happy Chryste sayth Math. v. Blessyd are the mercyful for they shall obtayne mercye Loo here god hath made a couenaunt with vs to be mercyful vnto vs yf we wyl be mercyfull one to another so that the man whiche sheweth mercy vnto his neyghbour may be bolde to trust in God for mercye in all nedes for loue holdeth all a lyke the ryche the poore the frende and the foo the thankefull and vnthankeful the kynsemen and straūger So nowe yf he that sheweth no mercye trust in God for mercye his fayth is flesshely worldely for God hath promysed mercye onely to the mercyful And therfore the mercyles shall haue iudgement without mercye wherfore yf thyne ennemy hunger fede hym yf he thruste gyue hym drynke c. Roma xij Go to then and desyre god to prynte this profession of the christen fayth on thyne herte and to encrease it daylye more