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By the explication or definition of Faith, Hope, and Charity, wee learne what is to be followed in Christian religion, and what is to bee eschewed. The vnder∣standing whereof, is partly to be apprehended by humane reason, and partly by faith alone.
WIll you therefore that I make a Booke for you, as you write, which may be an En∣chiridion vnto you, as it is called; and neuer be out of your hands,
containing in it your desires; that ••s to say, What is chiefly to be followed, and what againe in respect of diuers heresies retai∣ned, is principally to bee shun∣ned: How farre-forth reason fighteth for religion, or wherein reason and faith bee repugnant: What first, and what last to bee embraced and held: ••hat is the summe of the totall definition: and what the summe and proper foundation of Catholike faith. All these things which you re∣quire, you shall vndoubtedly knowe, by learning diligently what is to be beleeued, hoped for, and loued. For all these be chiefly, nay solely, to be sought 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈…〉〈…〉ed in the course of religion. Which things, whoso doth contradict or denie, is ei∣ther not to bee called by the name of a Christian, or else is a flatte Heretique. And these things be also to be maintained by reason, as beeing either de∣riued from the senses of the bo∣die,
or else found out and con∣ceiued by the light of the mind. And those things which we nei∣ther can perceiue by the sense of the body, nor yet vnderstand by the light of the mind, then are they without all doubt to be bē∣leeued, in respect of those wit∣nesses, by whom that which de∣serueth to be called holy scrip∣ture, is written; who were able either to see, or foresee those mysteries, either corporally, or spiritually, beeing therein assi∣sted by the spirit or reuelation of God.