fayth only / out of which fayth loue springeth / by which
loue I power out agayne vppon my neyboure that goodnesse
wych I haue receaued of God by fayth. Here of ye se that I can not be iustified wyth out repentaunce and yet repentaunce
iustyfieth me not. And here of ye se that I can not haue a
faith to be iustified and saued / excepte loue springe
therof immediatly / and yet loue iustifieth me not before
God. For my naturall loue to god agayne doeth not make me first se and
fele the kyndnesse of God in christ / but fayth thorow
preachinge. For we loue not God first / to compel him
to loue agayne: but he loued vs first and gaue
hys sonne for vs / that we might se loue and loue agayne /
sayth sent Ihon in hys first epistle . Whych loue of God to
vs warde we receaue by Christ thorow fayth saith Paule. And
thys ensample haue I sett out for them in dyuers
places / but their blinde popysh eyes haue no
power too se it / couetousnesse hath so blinded them. And
when we saye fayth only iustifyeth vs / that ys to saye /
receaueth the mercye wherewyth God iustifyeth vs and
forgeueth vs / we meane not fayth whych hath noo repentaunce
and fayth whych hath no loue vn to the lawes off God
agayne and vn to good werkes / as wyked
ypocrytes falsly belie vs.
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