[...]payne to haue forgyuenes, or els both fere or doubte that god wyl nat saue hym, or els putteth hys saluaciō betwene fere and hope, as thus,Nota. he hathe some hope and trust, that almyghty god wyll be mercyfull vnto hym, and yet he dothe somwhat feare and doub­teth whether that god wyll so do or the contrary, now who soeuer thus doth or in any wyse feare or doubte, he shal neuer haue forgyuenes for his sinnes as longe as he so doth,Nota. though that he be so­ry for them, and be in mynde and wyll to lyue well and to make a­mendes, nor thoughe he be shre­uen and aske and praye for par­don, and saye Good lorde I beseche ye of forgyuenes and mercye, and for to saue me, yet shall nat [Page] thys nor any other prayer,Nota. nor good dede that he cā do, obtayne and get him mercye and forgyuenes,Good dede. for almyghty God hath not promysed, nor wyll not, pardone and saue, but onely those sinners which do stedfastly beleue ī hym and do surely truste to hys pro­myse,Timidis et incre­dulis ꝑs [...] illorū e­rit ī stagno, igni. Ardente [...]c. que [...] mors [...]unda. [...] [...]0.21. that he wyll pardone and saue them, and therfore yf a man dye hauynge any fere or doubte of forgyuenes and saluacyon, than shal he be condempned and caste in to the prison of helle, and there haue euerlastinge paynes, for besyde hys other synnes, he dyd synne in ferynge and doub­tynge, for ī that he dyd mystruste God▪ and dyd thynke and feare, that he wolde breke and nat per­forme his promyse, and so help­ke [...]d

[Page] [...]shall they be sure to kepe them selues in the very true and per­fyte saythe, and in the ryght way to heauen You shal vnderstande that though the artycles of our fayth be aboue reason, yet there is none contrary and agaynste reason, as we shall clerely se and knowe in the kingdome of euer­lastynge ioye.

¶ Thus you haue seen nowe howe a man may dye wel, & haue euerlasting lyfe ī heauen, by the moste mercyful goodnes, & pro­myse of our most mercyful sauy­oure Ihesu Chryste, vnto whom be giuen here euer more moste prayse, laud, and honour. Amen. ❀ By your louer ī almighty god for whome I beseche you to say, Iesu haue mercy vpō my soule.

¶ AMEN.

¶ Imprynted at Lon­don in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George nexte to saynt Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Myd­delton.

WYLLY­AM MVDDYLTON

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