A godlye and learned treatise wherein is proued the true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ, without the deseruyng of man by his merites: and also how good workes oughte to bee done [and] what be true good works in dede. Whereunto is ioyned a co[n]ference betwene the law and the gospel, very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therin.
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A godlye and learned treatise wherein is proued the true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ, without the deseruyng of man by his merites: and also how good workes oughte to bee done [and] what be true good works in dede. Whereunto is ioyned a co[n]ference betwene the law and the gospel, very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therin.
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Werdmüller, O.
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[Wesel? :: H. Singleton?,
1555?]
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"A godlye and learned treatise wherein is proued the true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ, without the deseruyng of man by his merites: and also how good workes oughte to bee done [and] what be true good works in dede. Whereunto is ioyned a co[n]ference betwene the law and the gospel, very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therin." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13920.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.
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¶ Workes make vs neyther good nor euyll.
It is proued that no workes * 1.1 neyther make vs rightwyse nor vnrightwyse: ergo no works make vs neyther good nor euyll. For rightwise and good ar one thing, & vnrightwise & euil likewise one.
¶ Good workes make not a good man, nor euel workes an euyl mā, but a good man maketh good workes, and an euyl man euyl workes:
Good frute maketh not the tre good nor euel frute the euell tre, but a good tre bereth good frute, & an euell tre euill frute. A good mā can not do euell workes nor an euel man good workes, for a good tre can not bear euil frute nor an euel tre good frute.
A man is good ere he do good workes, and euel ere he doe euill: for tre ye is good er he beare good