☞ Whiche is the first cause?
¶ The necessitie of good workes
☞ For faith must encrease in vs wyth continuall exercises in in∣uocation repentaunce and perils
This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions.
¶ The necessitie of good workes
☞ For faith must encrease in vs wyth continuall exercises in in∣uocation repentaunce and perils
accordyng vnto, this do the wor∣thy frutes of repentaunce. &c.
For fayeth can not consiste wyth an euell conscience, because it is the truste that God is mercyfull vnto vs, an euel conscience iudg∣eth the contrary. Also they which do repent, but gyue them selfe to viciouse lustes and desires do not kepe their fayth. For fayth seketh for remission of synnes, it is not delited wyth syn nor the holy gost doth not remayne in them which giue thēsefe to vicious affectiōs according vnto this. He that wor¦keth sin, is of the deuel. Peter mo¦nisheth ye same, Endeuoure your selfe sayeth he, that ye make sure your vocation and election.