forceth[1] him to trouble the person from his faith wholly, or at the least to make him to go out of the way from his faith; and laboureth then much strongly for to deceive him by some errors, superstitions, or heresy. And because every good Christian person is bound to believe, not only in the articles of the faith Catholic, but all the holy scripture; and ought to be subjugate and submit himself to all the statutes of the church of Rome, and firmly to abide and die in the same creance and belief. For else, if he should begin to err in any of the things above- said, then incontinent[2] he should go out of the faith of life and way of health.
Always [it] ought to be known certainly that in this temptation of the faith — or in other things following — the devil may not overcome the person as long as he shall have the usage of his free will well disposed, if by his own agreement he will not consent to the devil. And therefore it is good, and a thing much profitable, that about them that travail in the article of death be repeated with an high voice the Credo and symbol of the faith, to the end that by that means the person dying be the more hearted and encouraged in the constancy of the faith. To the end also that the devils, which have horror to hear it, be put aback and driven away. [So] certainly [was] the faith of the true ancient men, as sometime were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; also of some paynims and gentiles as were Job, Raab, Ruth, Achior, and other semblable. And also they of the
