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they soe much urge it, and painte it with such faiere coloures of pleasant
woords and dexterous subteile argumentes that they cause the poore simple people to beleeve
there untruith, to be unfallible verily; and thoe there be evident texts of scripture
contrarie to what they say, yet they are soe carried away with theire oune blinde
malice, that they cannot see it, or will not understande it; as for example, in the present
matter: the author of yr treatise following his masters steppes produceth that text
of the 8. chap. to the Rom. 'The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite
that we are the sonnes of God, if we be sonnes, then are we alsoe heyres, the heyres
of God, and ioint heires of Christe'; hince they endevoure to prowe, that those who
has faith onst, can never miscary, why? because the spirite beareth wittnes to our
spirite; but good sirs, dos the spirite beare wittness that y{e} never sinne or miscarry?
noe truly, but he beareth wittness, that all 'those, whoe are led by the spiritte of God
are the sonnes of God', as the texte sayeth in the same chap. but shurly those, whoe
sinnes are not led by Gods spirite, and consequently are not while they sinne, the sonnes
of God. This place which