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THE RIGHT VAY TO
his varkis ar bot fine faith is ane coftant ad fwuer beleue of ye
marcie of God to vfz quhilk is quik in ye hart ad wirkis michtilie
and makis ye hart blith ad ioyful ad rafis it in fueit Iwif to God
and ftarkis ye hart yat it feris noth deid nay ony oder creator this
caufis ye fpreit of god quhilk cuis in ye hart throu faith / it cane
noth be yat this faith be in ony bot guid varkis (or frwitis) man
cu of it ficlik as heit procedis fra ye fyr / and the bemis fra ye
fone / I pray God quhilk comandit with his word licht to fpring
of mirknes yat he fcheyne in zour hartis ad illuminat zou in ye
chriffine faith for it is ye gift of God and cuis noth throw warkis /
nay induflrie of man / this faith is veray iuflice or richtufnes in ye
feicht of god quhilk renewis ad makis ane man fua according to
ye diffinitione of iuftice (or richtufnes) yat he giffis to euerie man
his aune quhen we ar maid richtus throw faith quhairthrow we
rafaue ye fpreit quhilk caufis wfz to Iwiff ye law thane we giff
louine and honour to God quhilk pertenis alanerlie to hime / and
alfua quhen we trow yat we ar recofalit to God throw ye deid of
Chrifl frelie without our mentis and knawis yat he did fay greit
kldnes to vfz thane we dw al yat we cane zei is redy to giff our
liff for our bredir / quhen ye pharifeans ad pyntit ypocritis quhilk
vald mak thair felff richtg throw thair aune varkis as ye pridful
pharefiane did of quhome S. Luc vritis in his xviii c. heris yat we
ar maid richtus throw faith and throw nay varkis thay murmur ad
cryis herefie herefie thir new prechours condanis guid varkis o
blind ignorance quhe fal thow be expellit out of thir hartis ad
quhe fal ye licht of verite fcheyne? yat ze may cleirlie onder-
ftand ye natur of faith and varkis and informe thayme of thair
ignorance reid quhat ye halie apoftil S. Paul fais of Abraha in ye
iiii c. to ye Rom. quhair he fais quhat fal we fay yat Abraham our
fader fand as pertenand1 to ye flefch / yat is to fay wefz he maid
richtg throu his varkis ? he cocludis yat he wefz maid richtus befor
god throw faith without ony varkis and he prewis this be ye
fcriptur quhilk is vritine in the xv cha. of Genefis yat faith vefz
reknit to Abraham for richtufnes or he wefz circucidit / quhairfor
giff ye vark of circucifione quhilk God comadit to hime/ye quhilk
1 perten and.
THE RIGHT VAY TO
his varkis ar bot fine faith is ane coftant ad fwuer beleue of ye
marcie of God to vfz quhilk is quik in ye hart ad wirkis michtilie
and makis ye hart blith ad ioyful ad rafis it in fueit Iwif to God
and ftarkis ye hart yat it feris noth deid nay ony oder creator this
caufis ye fpreit of god quhilk cuis in ye hart throu faith / it cane
noth be yat this faith be in ony bot guid varkis (or frwitis) man
cu of it ficlik as heit procedis fra ye fyr / and the bemis fra ye
fone / I pray God quhilk comandit with his word licht to fpring
of mirknes yat he fcheyne in zour hartis ad illuminat zou in ye
chriffine faith for it is ye gift of God and cuis noth throw warkis /
nay induflrie of man / this faith is veray iuflice or richtufnes in ye
feicht of god quhilk renewis ad makis ane man fua according to
ye diffinitione of iuftice (or richtufnes) yat he giffis to euerie man
his aune quhen we ar maid richtus throw faith quhairthrow we
rafaue ye fpreit quhilk caufis wfz to Iwiff ye law thane we giff
louine and honour to God quhilk pertenis alanerlie to hime / and
alfua quhen we trow yat we ar recofalit to God throw ye deid of
Chrifl frelie without our mentis and knawis yat he did fay greit
kldnes to vfz thane we dw al yat we cane zei is redy to giff our
liff for our bredir / quhen ye pharifeans ad pyntit ypocritis quhilk
vald mak thair felff richtg throw thair aune varkis as ye pridful
pharefiane did of quhome S. Luc vritis in his xviii c. heris yat we
ar maid richtus throw faith and throw nay varkis thay murmur ad
cryis herefie herefie thir new prechours condanis guid varkis o
blind ignorance quhe fal thow be expellit out of thir hartis ad
quhe fal ye licht of verite fcheyne? yat ze may cleirlie onder-
ftand ye natur of faith and varkis and informe thayme of thair
ignorance reid quhat ye halie apoftil S. Paul fais of Abraha in ye
iiii c. to ye Rom. quhair he fais quhat fal we fay yat Abraham our
fader fand as pertenand1 to ye flefch / yat is to fay wefz he maid
richtg throu his varkis ? he cocludis yat he wefz maid richtus befor
god throw faith without ony varkis and he prewis this be ye
fcriptur quhilk is vritine in the xv cha. of Genefis yat faith vefz
reknit to Abraham for richtufnes or he wefz circucidit / quhairfor
giff ye vark of circucifione quhilk God comadit to hime/ye quhilk
1 perten and.
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| Description | By John Gau [or rather, translated from the Danish "Den rette Vej til Himmeriges Rige" by Christiern Pedersen and Pedersen's treatise is itself a translation and extension of 'Die zwölff artikel unsers christliche glaubens', published by Urbanus Rhegius in 1534.]. Edited, with introduction and notes, by A.F. Mitchell. The glossarial index by T.G. Law. Edinburgh: printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Scots with English introduction and some Latin and German. A reprint of the only known copy of the edition printed at Malmö in 1533, with facsimile of original title page. |
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