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LAude and praise be giuen vnto thée, O eternall God who hast vouchsafed to adopt vs into the number of thy chosen children, not for anie of our merits, but for thy mercie sake, the curse of the lawe
taking force by sinne notwithstan∣ding. And we extoll thy goodnes, O most bountifull father, for that thou hast of thy frée grace, for Ie∣sus sake, in whome thou art de∣lighted, staied the execution of thy wrath and vengeance against vs, who haue prouoked thée to indig∣nation by our manifold sinnes and wickednes, which had vtterlie ex∣cluded and shut vs out of the gates of thy good will, did it not please thée, at the intercession of thy belo∣ued sonne, to receiue vs into fa∣uour, and to reckon vs for righte∣ous, by the remission of our sinnes, and the imputation of thy sonnes righteousnes.
We haue so lead our life since the first time that thy hand planted vs in this world, as that the whole race which we haue runne, hath bene a kind of continuall kindling of thy furie to consume vs: and yet (O vnmeasurable mercie!) thou hast so pitied our weakenesses, that thou hast and doest iustifie vs, that
is to saie, acquite vs that were ac∣cused, from all filthines, and that by the mediation of thy sonne Ie∣sus Christ, not by allowance of our innocencie, but by imputation of his righteousnes, that in him, we which in our selues are iudged vn∣righteous, might be counted righ∣teous. To thée therefore, O most louing father, and to Iesus Christ thy sonne, be all honour and glorie,