Scripture mistaken the ground of Protestants and common plea of all new reformers against the ancient Catholicke religion of England : many texts quite mistaken by Nouelists are lay'd open and redressed in this treatis[e] by Iohn Spenser.

This text is mistaken.

These words prooue nothing at all for iusti∣fication by faith only, no more then this propo∣sition, the iust man liues by breath, proues that the iust man liues by breath only: for as his liuing corporally by breath. hinders not his liuing by meat, and drinke, so his liuing spiritually by faith hinders not his liuing by good vvorks: for as breath, meate, and drinke concurre to his tem∣porall; so faith an good works concurre to his spirituall life. and euen Protestants them∣selues must confesse that this text, the iust man

liueth by fatih, cannot possibly inferre that he liueth by faith only: for S. Paul saith, Rom. 3.24. being iustifyed freely by his grace: and v. 18. euen so by the righteousnesse of one, the free gift came vppon all men to the iustification of life. So that according to S. Paul, the iust liues by grace, and by the righteousnsse of Christ, as well as by faith; and so not by faith only. Neyther can it bee answeared, that faith it self is that grace where of the Apostle speakes, and con∣sequently this objection of myne is to noe purpose, for though faith be a gift and grace of God, yet there are many more gifts and graces besides it, signified by the word grace, and particularly that preuentinge grace, or diuine light, and inspiration, which the holy Ghost infuses into mans hart as the principles, and causes of diuine faith in vs, which is be∣stowed vppon vs, purely gratis, and out of mere mercy.

The 4. text, Gal. 2. v. 11. Knowing that a man is not iustifyed by the vvorks of the law, but by the faith of Iesus Christ, that vvee might be iustifyed by the faith of Christ, and not by the vvorkes of the law: for by the vvorks of the law shall no flesh be iustifyed.