¶The .xii. Chapter. A certaine obieccyon agaynst the thynges aforesayde.
VErely good vncle this lyketh me very well, but yet is there ye wote well some of these thynges nowe broughte in question, for as for any payne dewe fro our sinne to be minished in purgatorye by the paciente sufferaunce of oure tri∣bulacion here, there are ye wote well many that vt∣terlye denye that and affirme for a sure truth that there is no purgatorye at all. And than is if they saye true, the cause of that comfort gone, if the comfort that we shoulde take bee in vayne and nede not. They saye ye wote well also, that men merite nothyng at al, but God geueth all for faith alone, and that it were sinne and sacriled••e to looke for rewarde in heauen eyther for oure pacience and glad sufferyng for Gods sake, or for any other good dede: and than is there gone if this be thus, the other cause of cure farther comforte too.
Cosin, if some thinges were as they be not, thā should some thinges be as they shal not. I can not in dede say naye but that some men haue of late broughte vp some such opinions, and many moe than these be∣sydes,