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almig'hty for grace and marcy' in liis sonnes name. So. What 

 lüloweth in thy belefe? Fa. I beleve also in tlie holy goost. 

 So. What is tliat to saye? Fa. That it is vnpossible for me 

 tliorowe rayne owne workes to obtayne other Christ or his 

 promeses. For the naturall manne perceaveth not the thynges 

 j. Co. ij. of the sprete of god. Wherfore the father pulleth 

 and calleth me vnto hyme thorowe his sprete. which in Christ 

 Joa. xvj. quickeneth, and maketh me bothe holy and spretuall, and 

 teaeheth me all thynges. Insomoche that of my silfe, I wote neare 

 howe nor what I shulde praye. He prayeth for me, reneweth me, 

 leadeth and compelleth me wother wyse to do, then my flesshely 

 mynde or desyre inclyneth me vnto. He assuereth me of mercy, 

 and sealeth me vnto the daye of deliveraunce. This article putteth 

 backe all falce hope and trust in my silfe, and of myne owne 

 workes. Which are evermore evill, and withouten sprete. [fol. 27*.] 

 And therfore beleve I in the holy goost, and not in myne 

 owne myght aund possibilite. So. What distinction makest 

 thou in the godhed? that is, bitwene the fathei", sonne, and 

 holy goost? Fa. God, his worde, and his sprete, are but one. 

 Deu. vj. and thus to beleve is sufficient, withouten eny further 

 enquyrannce. for the searcher of the raaieste of god, shalbe 

 overthrowne from glory. It is sufficient for me that I knowe 

 that my lorde god is one god. and that he through his eternall 

 worde, which was with hym in the begynnynge made all 

 Jüan. j. thynges. and with his sprete continueth in all creatures, 

 ordereth and preserveth theym in their beinge. And that his 

 sprete power, and gyfte is in vs, which stereth the belevers, 

 awaketh, dryveth, and leadeth theym agaynst all flesshely lustes 

 and desyres. Wherfore he that nether feleth nor beleveth this 

 sprete in his herte, surely hath but a ded belefe, which alonly 

 clyncketh on the tippe of his tonge, beynge not roted in his 

 herte. For he verely beleveth in the holy goost which knoweth 

 that fayth, hoape, and charite, are the gyftes of god, and that 

 above the natui-e and capacite of manne. I furthermore beleve 

 in an wholy chiisten churche. So. What inaner a chui'che is 

 this? [fol. 27''.] Fath. It is a Company gaddered or assembled 

 together of true and faythfuU Christen people. which as 



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