VOLUME 3

AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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holy as euer was Ihon the baptyst said / yf we saye we haue no synne / we dysceaue oure selues.

Then he compareth faith and dedes too gether and wyll that fayth shulde stonde in no beter seruice off ryght then dedes. Yes / for the dedes be examined by the law / and therfore yt ys not ynough too doo them only / or to doo them wyth loue: but I must doo them wyth as greate loue as christ dyd for me / and as I receaue a good dede at my nede. But fayth ys vnder no lawe / and therfore be she neuer so feble / she shal receaue acordynge too the trueth off the promyser.

M. what thynge coude we axe god of ryght because we beleue hym? T. verely all that he promyseth / maye we be bold to axe of right and dutye and by good obligation.

M. Ferman said that all workes be good ynough in them that god hath chosen. T. I am sure yt ys vntrue / for their best be not good ynough / though God forgeueth them their euell of hys mercye / at the repentaunce of theyr hertes.

Then he endeth in hys scole doctryne contrary vn to all the scripture / that god remitteth not the synne of his chosen people / because that he hath chosen them or of hys mercye / but off a towardnesse that ys moare in one then in another sayenge God sawe before that Peter shuld repent and Iudas wolde dyspeare / and therfore chose Peter. If God chose Peter because he dyd repent / why chose he not Iudas to / which repented as moch as he and knowleged hys synne and brought the money agayne? O thys

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