The agreemente of sondry places of scripture seeming in shew to iarre, seruing in stead of commentaryes, not onely for these, but others lyke, translated out of French, and nowe fyrst publyshed by Arthure Broke. Seene and allowed, accordyng to the ordre appoynted in the Queenes Maiestyes iniunctions.

1 (Book 1)

No Man knoweth vvhether he bee vvorthye of Loue or of Hate.

Ecclesiast. ••

I knovv in vvhom I beleue and am sure that he can keepe that vvhych I gaue hym to keepe vntyl that Daye.

Tym. ••. ep. ••

THE MOST IGNORANT of al, so they be not stub¦borne may easely vnder¦stande what Salomon meaneth in thys part of Scripture, to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, y^• we trauail in hayne if we iudge by the presente state, whome God loueth or whom he hateth: for God sheweth not his loue continually to those whom he wil prosper, nor hys hate to them whō he wyll afflict. And that to reproue the vayrenesse of mannes vnderstanding whiche is dull euen in those thinges which chiefly ought to be knowen.

But thys that is spoken touching y^e iudgement of outward things, and so

farre foorth as a man may Iudge of hymself letts not at al the certainty of fayth neyther doth it cause a faythfull man to be vnassured of y^• loue of God, and not resolued that life is layd vp for him in heauen. This assurednesse ma∣keth vs know what difference there is betwene faith and opinion. Fayth lea∣neth not on the authority of men, nei∣ther doth it doutfully rest on God: but a certayne knowledge is ioyned wyth fayth. So if according to the conceit of men we speake of things that chaunce vnto vs, we haue no assurance of gods goodnesse toward vs. But when fayth guydeth the sprite of man, then man is well assured what so euer betyde hym, that nothyng shall separate hym from the loue wherwith God loueth him.