shall I thanke god for the mercy that is layed vpp for me in christ / yer I beleue it? For I must beleue the mercy yer I can loue the worke. Now faith cometh not of oure frewyl / but is the gyft of god geuen vs by grace yer therbe any wyl in our hertes to doo the lawe of god. And whi god geueth it not euery man I can geue no rekeninge of his iudgementes. But well I wott / I neuer deserued it ner prepared my selfe vn to it / but ran a nother waye cleane contrary in my blyndenesse / and sought not that waye / but he sought me and found me out and shewed it me and therwith drew me to him. And I bow the knees of myne herte vn to god nyght and daye / that he wyll shew it all other men. And I sofre all that I can to be a seruant to open theyr eyes.

For well I wott they can not se of them selues before God haue preuented them wyth his grace. For Paul sayth Philip. 1. he that began a good werke in you shall continue or bringe it vn to a full ende / so that God must begynne to worke in vs. And Philip. ij. God it is that worketh both the willynge and also bryngynge to passe. And it must nedes be / for god must open mine eyes & shew me some what & make me se the goodnesse of it / to draw me to him / yer I can loue / consent or haue any actuall wyll to come. And when I am willynge / he must assiste me and helpe to tame my flesh / & to ouercome the occasions of the worlde & the power of the fendes.

God therfore hath a speciall care for his electe / in so moch that he wyll shorten the weked dayes for their sakes in which no man / if they shuld continue / might endure. And Paul sofereth all for the electe .ij. Timothe .ij. And gods sure fundacion stondeth sayth Paul / god knoweth his. So