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Wolf.

On  this  texte  grownde  they  their  purgatory.  Fa.  Paul  speaketh
here  nothynge  of  eny  state  of  the  wother  worlde.  but  of  tlie
doctryne  of  lyfe,  which  is  fownded  on  the  trewe  foundacion
  Christ.  Which  yf  with  outen  the  worde  of  god,  by  the
counsell  or  decrp  of  manne  be  bi.t  vp,  doutlesse  in  the  tyme
of  aduersite  and  death,  through  the  fyre  of  temptacion,  shall
soffre  losse,  yet  the  bilder  hyme  silfe  shalbe  saved,  because
his  grounde  and  fowndacion  is  Christ.  Wherfore  clensed  by
this  fyre,  he  shalbe  repayred  agayne  on  his  stedfast  foundacion
  Christ.  Which  thynge  belongeth  to  no  purgatory.  Wherby
thou  mayst  se  howe  vndiscretly  they  pervert  this  saynge  of
Paul.  And  not  only  this.  but  lykwyse  many  wother  similitudes
Mat.  v.  and  parables.  as  is  that  of  the  last  farthynge.  and
soche  lyke.  which  ought  none  wother  wyse  to  be  interpreted,
then  after  [fol.  43 b .]  the  lordis  intent,  and  speakynge.  So.  Whye
ioynest  thou  att  the  last  ende,  this  word,  Amen?  Fat.  Because
it  is  a  confirmaeion  of  all  that  before  is  rehearced.  With  the
which  I  hartely  and  in  a  stedfast  beleih,  desyre  vnto  all  Christis
chosen  lyfe  with  outen  ende.  Amen.  Son.  This  withouten  fayie
is  a  perfett  waye  and  belefe,  which  thou  hast  shewed  vnto  me.
Wherfore  dere  father,  the  better  to  come  here  vnto,  I  gladly
somwhat  wolde  by  the  have  informacion  howe  and  after  what
inaner  I  shulde  begynne  to  institute  and  ordre  my  life.  seynge
I  am  as  yet  yonge,  and  nowe  through  thy  frutfull  instruccion
brought  out  of  grett  dercknes,  into  a  clere  light  of  my  censcience.
 1  Fa.  It  is  vnpossible  for  eny  mortall  manne  to  descrybe
  that  thynge  so  well  to  the,  as  the  sprete  of  god  (of  whom
yf  thou  once  taste)  inwardly  shall  inspyre  and  teache  the.  But
after  what  wyse,  I  in  my  youthe  behaved  my  silfe,  and  yet
continewe,  geve  ear,  and  I  shall  shewe  the.  At  myne  vprysynge
in  the  mornynge,  I  consyder  before  what  I  ought  to  do,  and
to  eschewe.  Wherof  I  have  a  speciall  learninge  by  the  continuall
  meditacion  of  goddis  tenne  commaundementes.  wherin
(as  in  a  myroure  most  pure  and  clene)  I  behold  what  a  christenne
mans  [fol.  44 a .]  livynge  shulde  be  and  agaynst  which  of  theym
I  have  most  offended.  For  the  diligentlier  I  thus  do,  agret
deale  for  the  more  evidentlv  perceave  I  myne  vnabilite,  other

1  conscience.