And this faith and knowlege is
euerlastynge life / and by this we be born a new and made the
sonnes of god and obtayne forgeuenesse of synnes and are
translated from deeth to life and from the wrath of god vn to
his loue and fauoure. And this faith is the mother of all
trueth. And bryngeth with hir the spirite of all trueth. Which
spirite purgeth vs / as from all sinne / even so from all lyes
and erroure noysome and hurtefull. And this faith is the
fundacion
layd of the appostles and prophetes wheron Paul
saith Ephe. ij. that we are bylt / and therby of the household
of god. And this faith is
the rocke wheron Christ bilt his congregacion.
Christ axed the appostles Matth. xvj. whom they toke him for.
And Peter answered for them all sayenge I saye that thou art
Christ the sonne of the liuinge god that art come in to this
worlde. That is / we beleue that
thou art he that was promised vn to Abraham / shuld
come and blesse vs and deliuer vs. How be it Peter yet wist not
by what meanes. But now it is opened thorow out all the world /
that thorow the offerynge of his body and bloude. That
offeringe is a satisfaccion for the sinne of all that repent
and a purchasynge of what so euer they can axe / to kepe them
in fauoure. And that they sinne no moare. And Christ answered
vppon this rocke I will byld my congregacion : that is / vppon
this faith. And agenst the rocke of this faith can no sinne /
no hell / no deuell / no lies nor erroure preuayle.
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