Babes lette no man deceyue you, flatteryng you for your professyng the name of christians, as though that were ynoughe vnto felicitie. He is not iust, that speaketh iustice with his mouthe, but he that in his lyfe and ma∣ners doeth iustice in dede, is iuste, lyke as Christe also shewed himselfe in his sayinges and doynges an example of all iustice. And he that truely and wholy cleaueth fast vnto him, absteyneth as much as he possible may, from all vncleanes of sinnes, and the purenes of maners selfe declareth hym to be the sonne of God, whiche is good by nature, and knoweth no synne. But he that synneth although he haue receyued the sacramentes of Christe, yet he is begotten of hys father the deuyl, whiche is the prince and autor of all synne. Him whosoeuer foloweth, is lyke his father, in that same thing that he synneth in, & declareth hymselfe to be his sonne. God alloweth no felow∣shyppe with synnes, for he sent his sonne for thys intent into this worlde, to vanquis••he the woorkes of the deuyll, that is to saye, all thynges, that are contrarye repugnaunt agaynst the charitie of the gospel. Of Adam we are all borne endaungered with sinnes: of God we are borne agayne by the sede of y• gospelles doctrine. As longe as the strength of this seede abydeth in a man, he synneth not, neither can synne, that is to wete, because the loue of god byddeth hym naye: whiche loue rauisheth hym to the studye of well doyng, and calleth hym awaye from all desire of offendynge, in that he is the very true sonne of God: resembling playnly the behauiour and disposi∣cion of his father and head. It is not the title, it is not baptisme, it is not the sacramentes that descerne the children of God from the children of the deuyll, but the puritie of lyfe, and charitie, expressyng and she wyng it selfe in wel doinges. It is not idle if it be there. He that sheweth not that, neither sheweth in his dede that he loueth his brother, he is not borne of God. If he were alyuely membre of Christes body, he woulde haue loued the o∣ther membres, for whom Christe died.