Luke — Chapter 18
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Verse 8
8. Shal he find faith.) The Church erreth not in faith. The Luciferians and Donatists vsed this place to excuse their fal from the Church, as our Aduersaries now doe, saying that it was decayed in faith, when they forsooke it. To whom we answer as S. Hierom and S. Augustin answered them, *that Christ saith not that there should be no faith left in earth: but by this manner of speach insinuateth, that at the later day in the great persecution of Antichrist faith should be more rare, and the faithful among so many wicked not so notorious: specially that perfect faith containing deuotion, trust, and affection toward God, which our Maister so praised in certaine vpon whom he wrought miracles, and by force whereof mountaines might be moued, which is rare euen when the Church florisheth most. *Hier. cont. Lucif. c. 6. Aug. de vnit. Ec. c. 15, & de verb. Do Ser. 36.