Ye knowe therfore, that they whiche are of fayth, the same are the children of Abra∣ham.
The promise therfore made long since to Abrahams posteritie is none of theyrs, nor belongeth to any of them, that haue nothing els but Abra∣hams circumcision, but to suche as by fayth geuyng to the gospel are his natural children. They that of theyr circumcision are proude, and boste them selfe to be Abrahams children, make suche vaunte and crakes al in vaine, synce they be bastardes, and not the lawfull begotten children of Abrahā. For suche & none els are natural children to him, as faythfully and with all theyr heartes geue credence vnto God, & as Abraham did, put theyr trust in him, speakyng vnto vs by his gospel, of what stocke so euer they be descended. It is not carnal kynred, that is herein regarded and estemed, but like perfeccion of myndes.