Even so goeth it with gods electe. God choseth them
first and they
not god / as thou readest Ihon .xv. And then he
sendeth forth and
calleth them / and sheweth them his goodwyll which he beareth vn
to them / and maketh them se / both their awne damnacion in
the lawe and also the mercie that is layd vpp for them in
christes bloude / and therto what he will haue them doo. And
then when we se his mercie / we loue him agayne and chose him
and submitte our selues
vn to his lawes to walke in them. For when we erre
not in witt / reason and iudgement of thinges / we can not erre
in wil and choyse of thynges. The choyse of a mans will doeth
naturally and of hir awne accorde folowe the iudgement of a mans
reason / whether he iudge righte or wronge. So that in
teachinge only resteth the pith of a mans liuynge. How be it
there be swine that receaue no lerninge
but to defile it. And there be dogges that rent all
good lerninge with
their teth. And there be pope holy whych folowynge a
ryghtewesnes of their awne faynynge resiste the rightwesnesse
of god in Christe. And there be that can not attend to herken
vn to the trueth
for rage of lustes / which when lustes abate / come
and obeye well ynough.
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