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☞Here doeth the answere of thē not auayle whiche saye, fayeth is the worke of god, because loue al∣so and other vertues be the wor∣kes of god, yet are we not iustified by them. The maior is not so to be vnderstanded, we be iustyfyed wyth fayeth, because it is a worke or qualitye in vs, but because it leaneth vpon mercye and recey∣ueth mercy. And thys saying, we
be iustifyed wyth fayeth must be vnderstanded by the waye of a comparison, that is to say, by mer¦cye be wee pronounced iuste but it must be receiued wyth faith Al¦thoughe then fayeth be a worke or newe qualitye in vs yet be we not iustified bi ye worthines ther∣of, for this fayth is as yet vnper∣fect, like as other vertues be, but wee be iustifyed by that thynge, whereupon fayth leaneth, and the which fayth receyueth that is to say for Christes sake.