of his father withe the holy Angelles.
Therfor Paule that chosen vesell of Christe / and a most
faithfull teacher of the churche / who gyueth euell councell to
no man / neither leadith he ony man from the true waye / it is
(saith he) a true sayinge:

[[2. Tim. 2.]]

for if we be deade with hym / we shall also lyue with hym: if we
be pacient / we shal also raigne with hym. If we denye hym / he
shall also denye vs. The same Paul to the Hebrues /

[[Heb. 10.]]

Call to rememberaunce (saithe he) the dayes that are passed / in
the which after ye hadd receyued light / ye endured a great
fighte of aduersities / partely while all men wondered and gased
ay yowe for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto yow /
partely while ye became companions of them which so passed theyr
tyme. For ye became partakers also of the afflictions which
happened thorow my bondes / and toke in worthe the spoyling of
your goodes / and that with gladnes / Knowing in your selues /
how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduring substaunce.
Caste not awaye therfor your confidence / which hath a greate
recompense of rewarde. For ye haue neade of pacience / that
after ye haue doone the will of God / ye might receyue the
promise. For yet a very litill while / and he that shall comme /
will comme / and wyll not tarye. But the iuste shall lyue by
faithe. And if he withdrawe hymself my soule shall haue no
pleasure in hym. It is not we that withdrawe ourselues vnto
damnacion / but we partayne vnto fayth / to the wynning of the
soule. This truly is a sownde and wholsome doctrine / to cleaue
faste vnto this / is to pleas Godd / and to glorifie hym / adde
also to promote the saluacion of the brethern.

[[The deathe and persequution of the sainctes doth glorifie
Godd.]]

Therfor whils theise men do replie / what shuld come to the
encrease of glorie of Godd / or what commoditie shuld comme to
Christe of thos my labors and daungers which I shuld sustayne
for religion? wittingly and willingly they do disproue the
doctrine of the apostle / which doth playnly witnes / not in
theis places only which we haue alledged / but in many others
also / that both Godd is glorified by our sufferinges and
calamities which we do sustayne for religions sake / and also
that the weake brethern are therby edified / of whom it is
certayne that by dissemblinge and denyinge of Religion they be
offended / confirmed in ther errours / and indeede destroyed.
For th