ied / them he also glorified: But here
the papistes haue this shifte / A man muste not doubte of Gods
promises (they saye) but he muste doubte of the infirmitie of
his fleshe / that he can not do those thinges which are to be
done / to obtayne the promises of Godd.

[[Rom. 4.]]

Butt we be admonished by Abrahams example / that we sholde not in
beholding of our imbecyllitie / fainte in faith / nor fall from
beleauinge certainly the truithe of the promises: he considered
not the barren wombe of Sara / nor his own old and effoebled
bodie / he stackered not at the promise of God through
vnbelefe / but became stronge in faithe / and dyd giue glory vnto
God / knowinge that he was sufficientlie able to performe those
thinges which he promised. &c.

[[Rom. 4.]]

Therfor by faithe is the enheritaunce gyuen that it might come of
grace / that the promise mighte be certaine and sure: for if the
certayntie of saluacion did hange on our merytes and worthines of
our worckes / it should alwaies stumble / and be in daungier of
ouerthrowe. Thus the papistes do spoile men of healthfull hope /
and make men doubt / if not despaire / which is not to be done:
for that nature of hope maie not be inuerted which Paule
teacheth

[[Rom. 5.]]

to be suche / that it dothe not make a man ashamed: if then we
do certaynlye hope and loke for life euerlastinge / we shall not
be deceyued: and seing it is the holye ghoste that bearithe
witnes vnto our spret /

[[Rom. 8.]]

that we are the children of Godd / surly his witnes we may not
reiect / without committing gret offence.

[[Exod. 20.]]

I am sayth Godd / The lorde thy Godd / this will he haue them
that be his to beleaue:

[[Roma. 5.]]

And whosoeuer beleauith this / hath the quiet peace of a
iustified conscience / and knowith hymself to be in safetie / for
Godd is his iustifier / and who shall condenne hym / whom Godd
doth iustifie.

[[Roma. 8.]]

Against al theise manifest testimonies of the holy scriptures /
theise men do teache their contrary doctrine / and do obstinatly
defend it / wherfor they are heretiques.

Moreouer they do teache that euery man must satisfice for hys
synnes in this lyfe / which if he do not / then must he go to
purgatorie: And that by the poure of the Keyes committed vnto
them / they can turn the euerlastinge punishment in to a
temporall.

[[Psal. 32.]]

If therfor satisfaction be not made whilest a man is in this
lyfe / he shal