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¹ Brethren, my heartes desire & prayer to God for Israel, is, that they myght be saued.² For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng to knowledge.³ For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse, and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse, haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousness of God. ⁴ For Christe is the ende of the lawe, for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue.⁵ For Moyses writeth, of the ryghteousnesse which [is] of the lawe, howe that the man which doth those thinges, shall lyue by them.⁶ But the ryghteousnesse which is of fayth, speaketh on this wise: Say not thou in thyne heart, who shall ascende into heauen? That is, to fetch Christe downe from aboue.⁷ Either who shall descende into the deepe? That is, to fetch vp Christe agayne from the dead.⁸ But what sayth he? The worde is nye thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thy heart. This same is the worde of faith, which we preache⁹ For if thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth, the Lorde Iesus, and shalt beleue in thyne heart that God raysed hym from the dead, thou shalt be saued.¹⁰ For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse, and with ye mouth man confesseth to saluation.¹¹ For the scripture sayth: Whosoeuer beleueth on him, shall not be cofounded.

¹² There is no difference betwene the Iewe & the Greke: for the same Lorde ouer al, is riche vnto al yt call vpon him.¹³ For whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde, shalbe saued.¹⁴ Howe then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde? Howe shal they heare, without a preacher?¹⁵ And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges.¹⁶ But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel. For Esaias sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued our sayinges?¹⁷ So then fayth commeth by hearyng, and hearyng commeth by the worde of God.¹⁸ But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde. ¹⁹ But I demaunde whether Israel did knowe or not? First Moyses sayth: I wyll prouoke you to enuie, by them that are no people: and by a foolyshe nation I wyll anger you.²⁰ And Esaias is bolde, and sayeth: I am founde of them that sought me not: I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me.²¹ But agaynst Israel he sayeth: All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me.