faith/so beleuinge in
christ. Cf. Rom. 3.22.
] Romans
not as God . . .
dedes. Cf. Gal. 3.22.
] Galatians
denienge] ed., deinenge [1531], denying [1573]
As oure papistes
beleue. Tyndale attacks "popish faith" for relying
on the common consent of many (cf. [D5, “I answere . . . D5v . . . D6 . . . my fingre therin”; G1, “in comune” and commentary note]) and for the claim
that faith, as acceptance of revelation, may coexist with
sinful consent to evil. Scholastic teaching distinguished "unformed
faith," the mind's assent to God's word as true, from "formed faith,"
where one's will and practice correspond to what
one believes. On the basis of this
distinction, those guilty of serious sin can still be
considered true members of the church if they profess the truth of
revelation mediated by the church, even if they fail to practice
justice, temperance, and love. This theology lay behind More's position
that the church is "the comen known multytude of crysten men good and
bad togyther" (CWM 6/ 1.205/5) and grounds his argument against the
Lutheran tenet that faith alone justifies (CWM 6/1. 376–402, esp.
383/18–34, 384/ 31, 385/28–34).
[Hand] [1531]O
The Turkes are a farre greater number then the Papistes.[1573]
misheue] mischiefe [1573]
their father the
deuell. Cf. John 8.44.
] John
Which . . . therto] And the . . . also do [1573]
bond] bound [1573]