VOLUME 3

AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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thy flesh and teach the to kepe thys lawe / if thou wilt lerne. And wyll beare wyth the and take al a worth that thou doest / tyll thou canst doo better. And in the meane season / not wythstondynge thy wekenesse / I wyll yet loue the no lesse then I doo the angels in heauen / so thou wylt be delygent to lerne. And I wyll assiste the and kepe the and defende the and be thy shilde and care for the.

And] And I 1573

And the herte here begynneth to mollyfye and wax softe and to receaue health and beleueth the mercy of God and in beleuynge is saued from feare of euerlastynge deeth and made sure off euerlastynge lyfe / and then beinge ouercome wyth thys kindnesse / begynneth too loue agayne and to submitte hyr selfe vn to the lawe of God to lerne them and to walke in them.

feare] the feare 1573

Note now the ordyr / first God geueth me light to se the goodnesse and ryghtwysnesse off the lawe and mine awne synne and vnryghtwesnesse. Out of whych knowlege springeth repentaunce.

Now repentaunce teacheth me not that the law ys good / and I euell / but a lyght that the spyryte off God hath geuen me / out off whych lyght repentaunce springeth.

Then the same spirite worketh in myne herte trust and confidence to beleue the mercye of God and hys trueth / that he wyll doo as he hath promised. Whych beleffe saueth me. And immediatly out of that trust springeth loue towarde the lawe of god agayne. And what soeuer a man werketh of any other loue then thys it pleaseth not God / ner is that loue Godly. Now loue doeth not receaue thys mercy but