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wholy saynctes to make mtercession for me? Fa. No surely, 
yf tliou be a Christen man for a Christen man, as nere as he 
canne endevereth hym silfe to folowe tlie rule left vnto hym 
llo. xiiij. for an instruction hy Christ, that is wholy scripture. 
whicli every where sayeth, that whatsoever is done with outen 
j. Tim. ij. fayth is synne. sendynge vs vnto one Jesus Christ, 
which alone is mediatoure bitwixte god and vs. Whicli with 
outen ceasynge prayeth for my synnes, stablisseth my fayth, 
and assuereth me of lyfe everlastynge. So. Why then prayest 
thou eny more? Fat. Be cause the [fol. 16*.] lorde hath geven 
ma. xxvj. me commaundement so for to do. Because also I cary 
Luc. xj.xviij. aboute with me the olde Adam, and feie in my silfe 
the members of the lawe, which withstonde the lawe of my 
Bo. vij. mynde. Insomoche that in me, (that is to saye in my 
flesshe) I canne perceave no goodnes. Wherfore I praye that the 
name of god maye be sanctifyed. and that with oute delaye 
his kingdom maye aproache. So. I se well a Christen manne 
j. Jo. iij. maye synne. Fa. Mann synneth two maner awayes. The 
vngodly to death, throughe their obstinate mynde, and grett 
maliciousnes, wherby they persever in the workes of dercknes. 
and that because they are vessels of wrathe, and knowe nothynge 
howe to liope in god, nor yett to trust vnto his godly promeses. 
Contrary wyse the godly by fragilite only of their flesshe and 
that full sore agaynst their will, havynge all wayes in theym 
the seed [of] 1 faythe whiche assuereth theym of the mercy of 
god their father wherfore they cannot synne vnto death, nor 
yet remayne in workes of dercknes. but causeth theym to beleve 
that Christ is their brother end 2 thorowe his bloudde to be 
Ro. viij. clensed from synne. So. Seynge a Christen manne maye 
Jo™, vj. synne. howe shall I vnderstande Christis sayinge, he 
that beleveth in me hath life [fol. 16 b .) everlastynge. Where as 
manifestly, he that synneth is ded? Fat. Through belefe we 
have that lyfe, but not fully. and that by the reason of the 
imperfection of oure belefe. Wherfore so farforthe synne we, 
joan.vj. and are ded as we lacke of oure belefe.. For god hath 
included all thyuge in vnbelefe, that he myght have mercy on 
1 Der leere Raum zwischen seed und faythe zeigt deutlich, dass ein Wort, 
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