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THE RIGHT VAY TO
The i artikil of the faith
/ tron in God Fader almichtine maker of heuine
and zeird
T T Eir fal ewerie man onderftand that thair is hot alanerlie ane
god hot thair is iii perfons the quhilk ar the fader and the
fone ad the H. gaift / as the H. writ beris vitnes thir iii perfos ar
equal in power maieftate and in ewer leftyng the fone of the fader
wefz fend to wfz in the later dais ad twik apone hyme our natur to
fulfil the writ / and to redeyme wfz efter the wil of his fader and
maid al thing at the beginning with the fader and the halie gaift as
it is writyne in the vi chaiptur of Deute. Heir Ifrael thy lord God is
ane thou fal luiff thy God of al thy hart and of al thy faul and of
al thy power the natur of man is fua blyndit of fine that it cane
noth perfitlie conprehend or think that thair is alanerlie ane God /
as Cicero difputis / bot he wifi, noth of hyme or of his wil or
power / man ma fe and reid and fpeir quhou mekil ye gentils knew
of God of thair aune wifdome thay haid mony fals godis and thair
onwifz hartis war blyndit and thochtis was vanite as Paul writis in
ye firft chaiptur to the Roman. For thay knew na thyng of ye
greit vifdome of almychtyne God bot thocht it folie as Paul vritis
in ye firft chaiptur of the firfle epiftil to the Corinthians / the lycht
and the onderftandyng of natur is feik and waik to onderftand the
faith and the warkis of god thair to ye licht of grace is necelfer to
fcheyne1 in the mirknes and blyndnes of natur / or ellis it fal ewer
ramane in blyndnes and ingnorance / for the natural man cane noth
onderftand the fecretis of god / he is callit our fader2 that is to
ewerie chriffine man yat hes ye rycht faith ane traiftful thing
forquhy is he is owr fader thane ar we his barnis and aris as fandt
Paul fais in the viii chaiptur to 8 the Romas fwa callit Efayas hyme
fader as it is vritine in Ixiii chaiptur lord thow art our fader and
redemer and we ar al the vark of thy handis / thairfor we pra al as
chrift hes lerit vfz in the vi chaiptur of S. Mathew our fader thow
quhilk is in the hewine thy nayme mot be halowit / god our fader
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