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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 preach
[9]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
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