Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work, Table of contents
¶ The principall notes of the boke.
With gods word oughte a man to rebuke wekednes and falſe doctrine ād not with raylinge rimes.
iij. leafe in the prologe.
Antichriſte is as moch to ſaye / as agenſt Chriſte and is no thinge but a preacher of falſe doctrine /
the .iij. in the prologe.
Antichriſte was ever.
iij. in the prologe.
Antichriſte whan he is ſpied goeth out of the playe and diſgyſeth him ſelfe and then cometh in agayne,
iiij. in the prologe.
Antichriſte is a ſpirituall thinge ād cā not beſene but in the lighte of gods worde .iiij. prolo. The prelates have a burninge zele to there goſtely chyldren.
iiij. in the prologe.
Trye all doctrine by Gods worde .v. prologe. Beleve no thinge excepte that Gods word beare reacord that it is true.
v. in the prologe.
They geve moare fayth to Ariſtoteles than to Chriſte
fo. i.
The lawe is deeth ād the promiſes life
fo. ij.
The lawe when it is preached geveth no power to fullfyll the lawe
fo. ij.
Fayth when it is preached bringeth the ſpirite and power to fullfyll the law
fo. ij.
The cōſentinge of the herte to the lawe is eternall lyfe
fo. ij
A mā muſt have ſome goodnes in his hert be fore he bringe forth good workes
fo. iiij
The lawe vttereth ſinne and ſetteth vsus at bate with God
fo. v. and. vi
The promiſes iuſtifye
fo. vi
As hell foloweth evyll deades naturally vnſoughtefore: ſo doeth heven folowe good workes vnſoughtefore
fo. xvi
We be heyres of dānacion thorow Adam and heyres of ſalvacion thorow Chriſte
fo. xvi
All evyll ſpringeth of Adam ād all goodnes of Chriſt.
fo. xx
A chriſtē mā doeth all his deades to tame his body & to do his duetie vntounto his neiboure.
xxi.
He that fulfylleth the law with ſoch love as Chriſte dyd may be bold to heve pardones of his merites
fo. xxiij.
Every mā is a ſinner in the lawe / be he never ſo perfeyt / & every mā is righteous in the promiſes / be he never ſo weake
fo. xxiiij.
A Chriſten worketh be cauſe it ys gods wyll only and not for rewarde
f. xxv.
He that conſenteth in his herte vntounto Gods law is no moare an enimy / but a frende.
xxvij
The maner of ye ſpeakinge of ſcripture.
fo. xxx. and. fol. xxxiij. and .xxxiiij.
What a neyboure ſignifyeth and who is a neyboure
fo. xxxij
Opera ſupererogationis
fo. xxxij.
No man vnderſtondeth the thinges of God ſave he that hath the ſpirite of God
fo. xxxiiij
Good workes
fo. xxxxvi.
Faſtynge
fo. xxxvi.
Watchynge
fol. xxxvij.
Prayar
fol. xxxvij.
Aas every man fealyth God vntounto hym ſelfe ſo ys he vntounto his neyboure
fo. xxxviij.
We oughte to reach the weake in the fayth ād not to make a praye of them
fo. xxxix.
A mā is as moch bonde to praye for him that geveth hym nought / as for hym that geveth him a thouſand pounde
fo. xl.
Almes deades
fo. xl.
Whoſoever ys able and helpeth not his neyboure at his neade ys a theffe
fo. …l
A Chriſten man reioyſeth in Chriſte and not in hys deades
fo. xlj.
The order of love or charite
fo. xlj.
Thy neybours neade hath as good righte in thi goodes as Chriſt or God him ſelfe
fo. xlj.
Good workes are all thīges which a Chriſtē doeth within the law of God
fo. xlij.
No good deade ys better than a nother to pleaſe God with all
fo. xlij.
How every man ſhuld vſe his office ād every man his craft and his liberte.
fo. xliiij.
What ſo ever ys not Gods worde that counte ydolatrie
fo. xlv.
The worde which the ſayntes preached pertayneth vntounto vsus only / ther garmentes & ther private livīge pertayneth vntounto thē ſelves.
xlv.
Chriſt ſerveth but for thē that repente
fo. xlv.
Beware of thy good entent ymaginacion & zele without Gods worde
fo. xlvj.
A good entente ys one and knowleage is an other
fo. xlvi.
Whi Steven was ſlayne
fo. xlvij.
The vſe of Churches at y• beginntnge
fo. xlvij.
In what Church god is worſhipped & how.
eo
Ariſtoteles and Plato can not vnderſtonde the ſcripture
xlvij.
No worke is good ī the ſight of God / but that which ſpringeth of the love which we have to God for the kyndnes that Chriſte hath ſhowed vsus
fo. xlviij
All goodnes yt God geveth vsus / all goodnes yt isin vsus / all ye good yt we do & all yt we ſhall receave of god are the gyft of God frely geven thorow Chriſtes purchaſinge
fo. xljx.
Why ye ſcripture ſaieth thou ſhalt be rewarded after thy workes oftener then after thy fayth or love
fo. xlix.
The finall cauſe whi a Chriſtē doeth or leveth vndone any thīge is gods honoure only.
xljx.
God hath ſworne as moch to vsus as to ye ſaintes of the olde time / ād is as true now to fulfill hys promes as he was then / yf we beleve as they dyd
fo. l.
Fayth only expelleth the wrath of God
fo. l.
No man vnderſtondeth the ſpeakinge of God ſave he that hath the ſprite of God
fo. lj.
Worldly ryghteweſnes ſpringeth of deades / Gods rightweſnes ſpringeth of Chriſt thorow fayth
fo. lij
Iff the rewarde depended of the worke ther coud no man be ſaved
fo. liij.
He that wilbe ſaved by hys workes muſt other preſume or deſpere
fo. liij.
Why evyll rulers muſt be obeid / & how profetable the be to a criſten man
fo. lvj.
Fayth prayeth all wayes and in all places / and vnbelefe only in the church
fo. lvij
Fayth maketh all thinge good and vnbelefe all thinge evyll
fo. lix
The devels have non of Pauls fayth
fo. lix
No mā hath power to ſubmit hym ſelfe to the wyll of God but he that beleveth
fo. lx
Oure ymaginacion muſt God accept / but his ordinaunce we will not admitte
fo. lx
All oure worſhippīge of God is that he ſhuld do oure will / but we will not obey his wille.
lx
No man is holpē bi Gods promes but ſinners that feale ther ſinne
fo. lx
Oder we feale no ſinne at all / or counte ſinne after our awne imaginations / or if we counte all thinge ſinne that God hath made ſinne / then runne we to oure awne fantaſyes for ſuccoure & not to the remedie that God hath ordened
fo. lx.
The vnhelefe foloweth his awne righteweſnes and reſiſteth Gods
fo. lxj.
The confeſſion of Pharao
fo. lxj.
The confeſſion of oure prelates
fo. lxj.
The confeſſion of the devyls
fo. lxj.
The fayth of Simon magus
fo. lxj.
Whether our prelates be Simō Peters ſucceſſours or Simon maguſſes
fo. lxij.
Peters propheſye is true or he a fals prophete though it be never ſo fearefull or terrible
f. lxij
End of the text · William Tyndale, Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work (1528)