VOLUME 3

AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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the dedes come. For faith only bringeth / the spirite of life and deliuereth our soules from feare of damnacion / which is in the law and euer maketh peace betwene god and vs / as oft as there is any variaunce betwene vs. And finally when the peace is made betwene god and vs and all forgeuen thorow faith in Christes bloude / and we begynne to loue the lawe / we were neuer the nere excepte faith went with vs / to supplye out the lacke of full loue / in that we haue promises / that that litle we haue is take aworth & accepted tyll moare come. And agayne when our frailtie hath ouerthrowen vs and feare of damnacion invadeth our consciences / we were vtterly lost / if fayth were not bye to helpe vs vpp agayne / in that we are promised that when soeuer we repent of euell and come to the right waye agayne / it shalbe forgeuen for Christes sake. For when we be fallen / there is no testament made in werkes to come / that they shal saue vs. And therfore the werkes of repentaunce or of the sacramentes can neuer quiet our consciences and deliuer vs from feare of damnacion. And last of all in temptacions tribulacion and aduersites / we perished dayly excepte fayth went with vs to deliuer vs / in that we haue promises / that god wyll assiste us / cloth vs / fede vs and fight for vs and rid vs out of the handes of oure enimies. And thus the rightewysse liueth euer bye faith / even from faith to faith / that is / as sone as he is deliuered out of one temptacion a nother is sett before him to feighte agenst and to ouercome thorow fayth. The scripture sayth / blessed is the man whose transgression is forgeuen & his synnes hid / and vn to whom the lorde rekeneth not vnrightwysnesse. So that the only right-

EPHESIANS: 2.14: 206/24–25

take] taken 1573

invadeth] inuaded 1573

1 JOHN: 2.12: 206/34–207/1

temptacions] temptation 1573

PSALMS: 56.1, 2, 13: 207/5–6

ISAIAH: 41.14: 207/6–7

EXODUS: 14.14: 207/7

PSALMS: 31.15: 207/7–8

Matt. 6.26, Luke 12.24: 207/7

Matt. 6.30, Luke 12.28: 207/7

HABAKKUK: 2.4: 207/8–9

ROMANS: 1.17: 207/8–9

GALATIANS: 3.11:207/8–9

HEBREWS: 10.38:207/8–9

[Hand] [1531]

PSALMS: 32.1–2: 207/11–14