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and sayth that it behoueth vs to praye vn to saintes and
that god will else not heare
vs / for oure presumptuouse malapertenesse. So
it is now presumptuous
malapertenesse to trust in gods worde and to
beleue that god is true. Paul teacheth vs to bebolde to goo
vn to god and sheweth vs good cause in Christe / whi we so
maye and that god wold so haue vs. Nether is there any
cause to kepe vs backe / saue that we loue him not ner
trust him. Yf a man saye / oure synne shuld kepe vs
backe. I saye if we repent & beleue in
Christ / Christ hath taken them
awaye and therfore thorow him we maye be bolde.
And Christ saide
at his last soper Ihon .xvj. I saye not that I
will praye for you vnto my father / for my father loueth
you. As who shulde saye / be not
afrayed ner stonde with out the dores as a
dastard: but be bold and goo in to my father youre selues
in my name / and shew youre complayntes
/ for he now loueth you / because ye loue my
doctrine. And
Paul sayth Ephe. ij. we haue al an open waye in
thorow him / and are now no more forennars or straungers but
of the howshold of god. Of
god therfore we be bold as of a most louinge and
mercifull father / aboue all the mercy of fathers. And of
our sauioure Iesus we be bold / as of a thynge that is oure
awne and moare oure awne then oure awne skynnes / and a
thynge that is so soft and gentle / that
lade we him neuer so moch with oure synnes / he
can not be angre
ner cast them from off his backe / so we repent
and wyll mend. But Master More hath a nother doctrine to
driue vs from god and to make vs tremble and be afferde of
him.
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