merite or deserue not in heaven / but in this world only / it is to be feared / lest their merites besore wasted and the deseruinges of many al spent thorow oure holy fathers so greate liberaltye.

Abraham and the prophetes / and the appostles and many sens praide to no saintes & yet were holy ynough.

And when he saith / they coude helpe when they were aliue. That was thorow their faith in beleuinge the promise. For they had promises that they shuld doo soch miracles to stablish their doctrine and to prouoke vn to Christ / and not vn to them selues.

And when he proueth that the saintes be in heuen in glorie with Christ all ready sayenge if god be their god they be in heuen / for he is not the god of the deed. There he steleth awaye Christes argument where with he proueth the resurreccion / that Abraham and all saintes shuld rise againe & not that their soules were in heuen which doctrine was not yet in the worlde. And with that doctrine he taketh awaye the resurreccion quite / and maketh Christes argument of none effecte. For when Christe allegeth the scripture that god is Abrahams god / and addeth to / that god is not the god of the deed / but of the liuinge and so proueth that Abraham must rise agayne: I deny christes argument and saye with master More / that Abraham is yet aliue / not because of the resurreccion / but because his soule is in heuen. And in like maner Paules argument vn to the Corrinthians is nought worth. For when he saith / if there be no resurreccion / we be of all wretches the most miserablest. Here we haue no pleasure / but sorow / care / and oppression. And therfore if we rise not agayne / all our soferinge