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THE KINGDOME OF HEVINE.
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condampnatione thane that faith quhilk he hes is countit to hyme
for richtufnes be for God
Faith is noth ane thing quhilk ane man cane giff to hyme felff
quhen he wil bot it is ane greit gyft of God the quhilk renwis the
5 hart and makis ane nev ma quhair be for he wes of aid adame in
ewil defiris and finful lyff / to trow / that is to flad fad. at Godis
vord quhat he promifis to wfz quhat euer it be that he wil fulfil his
promis na ma cane haiff this faith of hime felff bot the fpreit of God
giffis this licht in the hart ad renwis it inuertlie / ane ne of the
10 body / 2d ye euerleftad liff bot quhen deid cuis1 yat ye faul ad body
ma depart this opinione hes na power na ftrinth in it / for quhen he
gettis ony aduerfite or perfecutione thane it waniffis and wauers as
ane dreyme / that is noth aneucht that ony reid the creid or rekin
ye articulis cotenit in it x or xii timis apone ye day ad ficlik the
15 pater nofler / bot we fuld perfitlie onderftad it ad pr6t it inuertlie
in our hartis that we noth alanerlie rekine ad fpeik the articulis
cotenit in it with our mwth bot alfua wit our hart / that quhair
thair ciiis ony aduerfite or pfecutione thane we ma trow with the
hart ficlik as we fpak befor with the mwcht Thow fais i trow
20 forgiffine of my finnis / bot quhen the deuil cuis in the time of
deid ad tepis the to difpair of forgiffine of thayme / Thane thow
art reid ad dowtis ad fallis in difpair Thairof euerie ma ma onder-
flad that thow fais this with thy mwcht and noth with the hart for
thow trowis noth perfitlie that thy finis ar forgiffine / Thow fais i
25 trow the refurrectio thane thow art fa red as baith the faul ad the
body fuld aluterlie de ad that thair var na mair thairefter of the /
fe ad cofeder that in thy felff / and thow haid ane richt faith in thy
hart of this artikil that thow trowit weralie that thou fuld rifz wp
agane fra deid ad get the euerleflad liff thairefter / thane thow wald
30 noth difpair na be red for quhy faith is focht and prouine in aduer¬
fite as the gold is prouine in the fyr. Thairfor thow fal al time pray
meiklie to God thy heuinlie fader giff in my hart the richt faith for
thy fone Ief9 chrill our lordis faik
1 cnis.

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