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☞ Fayethe that is to saye, that we beleue oure synnes to bee for∣giuen vs, and oure prayers accep∣table vnto god, and that they bee heard for Christes sake, and not to be in vayne, but either to purches deliueraunce frome the presente perell or mytgatynge, or some o∣her good thynge. In presente pe∣lls we must make thys conditi∣on.
If it do not displease god, if he iudge that it be profitable for vs like as Dauid did .ii. of the kyn∣ges, xv. If I cā fynd grace in the eyes of the Lorde, he wyll brynge me agayne, But if he shall saye, I am not contente wyth the, I am redye, let hym do as he thynkethe good. So the leper, Math viii. Lord if thou wylt thou cast make me cleane. And Christ sayeth. Fa∣ther if it be possible, lette thys cup passe from me, neuer the lesse not as I wyll. &c.
Therfore we ought not to pre∣scribe vnto God the maner, nor yet the tyme of oure delyuerance but lyke as Paulle sayethe. That God doeth more for, vs then we ei∣ther desire or vnderstande. More ouer oure fayeth muste not waxe faynte, whē those thynges which we axe be not by and by graun∣ted, as thoughe God woulde not heare oure prayers, but we muste
knowe that oure fayethe is exer∣cised wyth suche prolongynge.
Lyke as God dyd promise a sonne vnto Abraham, yet he prouoke∣inge Abrahames fayeth, woulde not fulfill hys promesse vntill his extreme age.