452 ' Wolf. 



Epii. iiij. all goodnes commeth vnto the boddy, even so by hym, 

 bis members receave of god almyg-bty mercy, and also the holy 

 gost tu governe and to worcke in theyra all that go- [fol. 28\] 

 ode is. So. Wheare is this churche ? here at Rome^ or at Con- 

 stantinoble? Fa. There as are Christen belevers. though that 

 the daye of manne no where canne shewe it for a certainte, 

 yet must we beleve this churche to be in dede. for as niany 

 as beleve, and hertely desyre godlines, are members there 

 of. And therfore can she not be subdewed to no power 

 temporall. But god the father hath ordened eure lorde Jesus 

 Christ only to be her hed, ruler, and Kynge. So. Are synners 

 also of this churche? Fa. Ye some of theym. namely that are 

 called with an holy callinge. not after their dedes. But for 

 ij. Tim. j. the purpose and grace of hym that called theym. which 

 grace was geven vnto theym thorowe Christ Jesus before the 

 worlde Was. ' Soche pertayne vnto the body of Christis churche. 

 Noman can pull theym from. hym for his hevenly father which 

 hath geven theym vnto hym is above all. and hath predestinate 

 Joa. xvj. theym to be his heyres, accordinge to his owne purpose, 

 whiche worketh all thynges after his owne will, tbat they shulde 

 Ephe. j. be vnto the prayse of his glory, which before hoaped in 

 Apo. vij. xij. xxij. Christ, wherby they were clensed in the bloude 

 of the lambe. But as many as are not chosen before, and called 

 thervnto, shy- [fol. 29^] ne they never so fayre outwardly, 

 and be they never so grett in reputacion of menne, yet are 

 they in no Avyse of the Christen Company, but remayne of 

 theym, of whome sainct Jhon speaketh saynge, there are many 

 ^ j. Joau ij. antichristes (that is to saye falce Christen men) which 

 are departed from vs but they were not of vs. For yf they 

 had bene of vS;, they wolde no doute have continewed w^ith 

 vs. But Faul beynge assuered to be one of this boddy and 

 Ro. viij. churche, sayde with grett ioye. There is nether tribulacion 

 nor angw^sshe, persecution nor hongre, nakednes, ieopardy nor 

 yet swcarde, - that shalbe able to parte vs from goddis love. 

 ye I am sure that nether death nor lifo, angell, rule nor power, 

 nether eny wother creature shalbe able to departe vs from 

 goddis love which is in Christ Jesu oure lorde. So. This can 



