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A17216	The olde fayth an euident probacion out of the holy scripture, that the christen fayth (whiche is the right, true, old and vndoubted fayth) hath endured sens the beginnyng of the worlde. Herein hast thou also a short summe of the whole Byble, and a probacion, that al vertuous men haue pleased God, and wer saued through the Christen fayth. 1547. Myles Couerdale.; Alte Glaube. English	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1547 (1547)	STC 4071; ESTC S111672	65,283	130

describeth he also in the foresayde verse the pure and holy Conception and byrth of our Lord Jesu Chryst And thys doth he wyth a goodly similitude sayeth Thy byrth shalbe holy and very excellent not vncleane as the byrthe of other men For lyke as the dew out of the cleare heauen out of the fayre mornynge is borne as it wereout of a mothers wombe Euē so also shalt thou be borne holy and cleane of an vndefyled virgin Wherof thou findest more instruction Luke i. The Lorde hath swome and it shall not repēt him thou art prest for euer after the ordre of Melchisedech In thys fourth verse descr●beth he the office of Jesu Christ how that he is ordeyned of God to be one onely preist for euer whych shuld offer vp hym selfe for the synne of the world and alway appeare in the syght of God the father and to praye for vs. All thys doth holy Paull declare at large to the Hebreues in the .v. vii viii ix and. x chap. And specially in thys verse is grounded all that is red thorowe out the scripture of the merites of Christ of the forgeuyng of sinnes of righteous making of beynge mediatoure and that he alone is the onely saluation aduocate satisfaction and ryghteousnesse of the faythfull The Lorde is at thy ryght hand he in the tyme of hys wrath shall wounde euen kynges Thys fyfth verse teacheth howe God wyll ener more and more stand on hys sōnes syde further hys cause and brynge downe and destroye those kynges princes and Lordes that wyl not amende and beleue in Christ but wyll rather prouoke his wrathe then ●elyre hys grace Whyche thynge Herodes Nero Domicianus Maximinus and Julianus haue proued Yet foloweth the syxte verse declarynge the fyfth He shall iudge amonge the Heythen and fyll all full of deed bodyes and smyte the heade on the wyde grounde Christ is also preached vnto the Heithē and reigneth among thē but many wythstande Chryste and them dothe he iudge And lyke as a kynge ouercommeth hys enemyes wyth a battayle and couereth the whole playne wyth deed bodyes visiteth also and smyteth the head of the warre the head cycie of the enemies Euē so doth Christ to his enemies and destroieth their power and kyngdome All whych thynges we haue sene in the olde vnchristē empyre of Rome and in many other potentates and powers But specially he breaketh the head of the olde serpent accordyng to the promes Gene. iii. And at the laste shall he come to iudge the quycke and deed and destroye hys enemyes for euer Out of the broke in the way shall he drynke therfore shall he also lyfte vp the heade Fynally and in the seuenth verse he describeth the passion of Christ and his glory In the waye sayeth he that is in hys lyfe whyle he is in thys miserie He shall drynke oute of the broke that is he shall suffer be ouercome For to drynke out of the cuppe is asmuche as to suffer But to drynke oute of the broke is to be altogether full of trouble to be vexed and ●ormēted wythoute victory and vtterly to be ouerwhelmed wyth a broke strong streame of troubles Thus was it hys mynde to declare the passion of Christ After the passiō foloweth the glory wyth the resurrection and ascensiō Paul Philip. ii speaketh of both and sayeth Chryste humbled hymselfe and became obediēt vnto death euen the deathe of the Crosse Wherfore God hath exalted hym and geuen hym a name whyche is aboue all names c. Thus muche be spoben of thys Psalme and of Dauids vnderstandyng ●hych he had of Christ Jesu and of the christē faith Upon thys I maruayll yf after so euidente testimonies there be yet any man whych perceaueth not that Dauids faith and vnderstandyng of Christe was euen one fayth and vnderstandynge wyth the fayth that we knowlege and say I beleue in one God father alymightye c As it is in the xii articles of the Chrysten faythe For the holy trinite in one godheade doth he knowlege not onely here but also in the .xxxiii. Psalme sayenge Thorowe the worde of God were the heauēs made and all theyr power thorow the sprete of hys mouth For certayne it is that there is but one onely God maker of heauen and of erth but here is the trinite called Lord or God worde and sprete Nether is there any thynge in the Articles of the beleue concernynge the Godhead and manhode of Christ of hys concepcion byrth passiō crosse and death of the resurrection ascēsion and iudgement but ti is clearly comprehended here in thys Psalme The articles of the holy churche of forgeuynge of sinnes the resurrectiō of the fleshe and an euerlastynge lyfe are conteyned in thys Psalme and are treated vpon yet more clearly and wyth many moo wordes very substantially in other Psalmes of Dauid Therfore had he our holy fayth knowleged the same was saued therein and of all holy mē was called the father of christ wyth hye commendation bycause of the promes that was made vnto hym Moreouer all the holy Prophetes folowynge had respecte vnto Dauid as to another Moses and toke many thinges out of his wryttynges For there is scace any other that so clearly wrote of the cause of christ as thys prophet Dauid and therfore hath he honoure and prayse aboue other in Israel Of whome thou readest also ▪ Eccle. xlvii Such fayth and confidence in God thorow Jesus Christ had Dauid oute of the holy goost and out of the doctrine of hys Prophetes Samuel Nathan Gad and of other hys preistes whych also had the same of God and of the holy fathers specially of Moses And no doute he desired the honoure of God and of hys sōne not to kepe it onelye hym selfe but also muche rather to requyre it of all hys people Wherfore no doute he set vp and furthured thys hys fayth and religion amōg all hys men of warre kynstolke in al hys courte Edominion before the whole congregation and in all hys kyngdome so● diligently ernestly and feruently that afterwarde certayne hundreth yeares they whych beleued ryghte lyued well were praysed for walkyug in the wayes of Dauid theyr father They also that dyd euell and set not forth the true fayth of them is it wryten They walked not in the wayes of Dauid theyr father Of thys hast thou many ensamples in the bokes of the kynges and in the Cronicles Many thynges also were forgeuen the kynges and all the people of Juda for Dauids sake that is for the promes sake mode vnto Dauyd euen for Jesus Christes sake whom Ezechiel calleth Dauid In the. iii boke of the kynges the xv chapter it is wryttē thus The hert of Abia was not ryght toward hys Lord God as was the hart of Dauid hys father And for Dauyds sake dyd the Lorde geue hym a lyghte at Hierusalem so that at Hierusalē he set vp hys sonne and

whiche shall come shortly to iudgement and vtterly destroye the kyuge dome of Antichrist whom he now kylleth with the sprete of his mouth Our possessiō is not here vpō earth the kyngdom of heauen is our natiue countre From thēce loke we for the sauyoure Jesus Christ our Lorde which shall rayse vp oute mortall miserable body that he maye make it lyke hys excellent and glorified body ator dinge to the power wherby he maye subdue all thynges vnto hym self To him be ▪ honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen The accustoma● goodnes of God God hath shewed no lesse kindnes to vs thē he did to the olde worlde Thei that folowe goddes worde are laughed to scorne The doctrine of Christes fayth is no newe thyng 1. Cor. i. ● Cor. ii To vs whiche are saued it is the power of God What fayth is Ad Romanos Gala Ephe. Jaco ii Hebre. xi Ro. xiiii Actes .xv. i. Peter v Gala. v. ● Cor. xiiii ▪ Hebre. xi Jaco i. would to god we had many suche as James the Apostle was O vnthākful world S James wold not spare to rebuke suche Agaīst suche grosse vices wold not S James spare to ●● speake Let euery man take the payns to rebuke his owne faulte We must put on the nature of gods doctrine Let the workes of God which are past be a warnyng to vs. The christen fayth is elder then 1500 yeares Eusebius Actuū xi The fyrst creatiō of heauē and earth The garnyshynge of heauen and erth The office ●● the 〈…〉 in the firmament Fyshes Foules Beastes The treatiō of mā The creaciō of the woman The requeste of the commaundement The vnthankfulnesse and wickednesse of man The righteousnes and mercy of god The way of satisfactiō before God is Christe Synne The frowardnes of man Why god gaue the womā vnto man Grace We all are lothe to knowlege oure selues gyltye Punyshement The promes ●ene iii. The serpētes heade The sure foundatiō of oure fayth Ro. viii ● Corin. ● The gospell of Jesu Chryst Esaye vii A prayse of the virgin Mari Hebre. i● ▪ Gene. iii. Christes h●oe i. Pet. iiii John xii●i Rom. xvi Obiection Answere Gene. iii. Gene. iii. i. Timo. 2 i. Tessa 4. Ephe. iiii Hebre. ix The summe of the Christen faith Gene. iii. Adams fayth Cōforte helpe louing kindnes in the myddes of correction Gene. iii. Cōforte paciēce in Christ i. Pet. ii Adams fayth Hebre. xi Sacrifice was a token o● thankfulnesse Cain the father of wickednesse Abel the The difference of true false fayth ▪ The fyrst de●a●● of the faith ▪ The reparacion of our fayth Gene. iiii ▪ Inuoca●e nomen domini quid sit The faith of Enoch Genesi v. the wrath of God vpon the wycked The renewynge of the promes concernynge christ The sacrifice of Noe. Gene. viii Ephesi v Math. iii. The commaundemētes geuen vnto Noe. Thorowe Noe was the world replenshed The faith of the heithē is ydolatry and worshyppynge of ymages ▪ Gene. x● ▪ Gene. xii Abrahās fayth Abrahās Christen workes The faith of the Jewes How olde the Christsten fayth is The faith of Isaac Jacob. Ge. xxviii Jacob sawe that christ onely is the waye to heauen The faith of Joseph The faith of Moses The Easter lambe The genynge of the lawe The fyrst table Mat. xxii The secōde table The lawe written in stone is no newe thyng The lawe written in stone was fylled afore Obiectiō Answere Gods Testament Saluatiō Obiectiō Answere why the lawe was geuen The lawe is the rule to lyue by The brasen serpēt Christe is the rock Question Answere One altar what it signified Note this well Why the ceremonies of the law were geuen The godly consideracion of fathers Question Answere Why god ordeyned such a lōg seruice among the Jewes God rendreth oure weaknes Lawes iudiciall The fyrst boke Moses The secōde boke of Moses The third boke The fourthe oke The fifth boke The origenall scripture of our fayth The lawe written is no newe thynge Josue was a figure of Christ An heresy of the ana baptistes Rulers must punishe An errour Of kyng Dauid Act. xiii The holy Trynyte The faith of Dauid in Christe The spirituall kingdome of Christ Act. i. A battayll The birth of Christ The office of Christ ▪ Christes cause shal forth Christe shall destroye his enemies The passion of Christ The article of the holy Trinite Dauid was called Christes father The wayes of Dauid Kynge ●bia The departyng of Israe ▪ frō Juda. Kynge Jehu God alwaies sen deth hys prophetes The prophetes preached ●he olde ●ayth The lawe the prophetes alowe the righteousnes of god that commeth by fayth The godhead and manhode of Christ The righteous blossome John baptiste The office of Christ Christe is called Dauid The miracles of Christe The kingdome of Christ The deth of Christ The sacrifice of Christe ●acha iii. The buryall resurrection of Christ The ascēsion The vocatiō of the Heithen The prophetes soughte saluacion in Christ A prophecye tolde vnto Daniell The nombre of the yeares Antiochꝰ God had euer some vertuous men ●achay Symeon All gods electe wer saued by Christ The olde testament is not to be refused Luk. xxiiii The new Testamēt dec are ▪ h the olde Tidinges of Christes birth The grace of God Christ the onely saluacion of all the worlde Luce. ii● The dewry of vs. John baptist John i. John i. Mat. xi Math. iii. Math. iii ▪ The substaūce of true religion The speciall pointes of christes doctryne The pacient suffringe of Christ the frute of Christes death Water bloude The buriall of Christ The power of Christ saueth all christ hold nothinge back frō hys apostles The holy goost broughte no new doctryne Joh. xiiii Mar. xvi Act xiii ●● xxviii The supper of the Lorde The frute of the sacramentes The Apostles dyd not ouer charge the people with ceremonies The Apostles wolde not offende the weake the decay of christes religion What in cōueniēce ▪ folowed The Pope Machomet stry●e agaynste Christe Let vs do as our ol●est fathers haue done longe before vs. Philip. iii.

partakers of To be shorte this is the same fayth ▪ whereby God saued those hys electe of whom sainct ▪ Paule maketh mencion in the foresayd Epistle to the Hebrues and ●eherseth many godly fruites of the same in their conuersacion This then is no newefangled fayth ▪ no straunge fayth no fayth inuented by mannes brayne but euen the same that Gods holy spirite teacheth in the infallyble trueth of his scripture and that Adam Abel Enoch and all the other seruauntes of God were saued in Why do men therfore either call it a newe fangled fayth or reporte euyll of vs for settyng it furth Why I feare me this is one cause The olde fayth that all those seruauntes of God had whō the Apostle nameth in the eleuenth chapiter to the Hebrewes and a lyfe and cōuersacion ioyned vnto it whiche was riche and ful of all good workes Therfore seyng there be so many bablers and pratlers of fayth and so fewe that bryng furth y ● worthy fruites of penaūce it ge●eth to the worlde occasion to reporte of vs that our fayth is but new fangled They se vs not fall to labour and takyng of paynes as Adam dyd They se not the righteousnesse and thankefulnesse in vs that was in Abell They se vs not walke after the worde wyll of God as Enoch dyd They se vs not take Gods warnyng so ernestly as Noe dyd They se vs not so obedient to the voyce of God nor so w●●● willyng and content to leaue our frendes to forsake oure owne wylles oure owne lādes and gooddes at Gods callyng and dwell in a straunge countre to do goddes pleasure as Abraham dyd They se that we chose not rather to suffre aduersitie with the people of God then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a sea●on They se vs not esteme the rebuke of Christ or trouble for his sake to be greater riches ▪ then al y e treasures of this world as Moses dyd To be shorte they se not in oure garden those swete floures and fruites ▪ of Gods holy spirite whiche were in them that had the olde fayth Ashamed may we be therfore as many of vs as either wryte teach preache speak or talke of the olde fayth if we endeuoure not our selues to haue those olde heauenly vertues that were euer plentyfull in all Goddes true seruauntes in euery one I meane accordyng to his callyng Not that it is euyl to teache or talke of the true olde sayth but this I say because that accordyng to the doctryne of sainct James they are but disceyuers of them selues that are not doers of Gods worde aswell as hearers therof And through suche slender receiuyng of Christes holy gospell it is nowe come to passe that like as we haue nede of suche an Apostle as was holy S. Paule to rebuke this vayne confidence that men put in their workes and to tel vs that no worke of our doyng but fayth of Gods workyng doth iustifye vs in his sight Euen so haue we no lesse nede of suche another Apostle as was holy sainct James to rebuke this horrible vnthankefulnes of menne that professyng thē selues to be christē to holde of Christes olde fayth are yet dead vnto all good workes receyue not the worde of God in mekenes cast not away all vnclennes and maliciouenes are swyt● to speake to talke to iangle and to take displeasure are forgetfull hearers of the worde and not lyuers therafter boastyng them selues to be of goddes pure and vndelyled religion and yet refrayne not their tonges from euyl visite not the poore the frendles and the desolate in their trouble neither kepe them selues vndefyled from this worlde Reade the fyrst Chapiter of his Epistle What occasion might suche an Apostle as holye sainct James was haue to wryte another yea a sharper epistle seyng so many pretendyng to be of Jesu Christes old fayth are yet so parcial haue such a carnall respecte of personnes are not riche in fayth dispise the poore practise not the lawe of godly loue talke and iangle of fayth not hauyng the workes therof clothe not the naked healpe not the poore to their liuyng regarde not theyr necessitie haue but ▪ deade fayth declare not by good and g●dly workes the true and olde fayth of Chryst are but vayne beleuers haue not the effectuous the workyng and liuyng fayth that Abraham and Rahab had Reade the seconde Chapiter of his Epistle Howe would holy sainct James reproue these bryngers vp of straunge doctrines blasphemers bacbyters belyers of good men false teachers against goddes truth dissemblers with the same cary fyre as they say with the one hand and water in the other pretende to belearned and yet bryng not furth the workes of good conuersacion in mekenes out of goddes wysedome but in fro wardnes and out of carnall doctrine Howe would he take vp these that delyght in malyce and stryfe belye goddes trueth are geuen to yearthy fleshely and deuelishe wysedome are vnstable ful of al euyl workes are not in the scole of Gods wysedome and lernyng are not geuen to vnfaynednes of heart are not peaceable are churlishe vneasye to be intreated c. Reade the third chapiter of his Epistle What would suche an holy Apostle say to this wicked world wherin a great nombre pretendyng to be Chrysten men are geuen so to quarelyng and fightyng to voluptu●usnesse and inordinate lustes to enuye and indignacion to vnlawfull spendyng and consumyng of that they may get to aduoutrye to the disp●syng of holy wedlocke to shamefull v●clennes either not willyng to mary or els puttyng awaye theyr wyues for lyght occasions and for satisfiyng of theyr owne triflyng lustes ▪ fallyng in loue with the vayne frendshippe of this worlde takyng parte against God yea where as by their profession othe and allegiaunce whiche they owe to their moost high soueraigne the kyng of heauen they should in a vertuous conuersacion mayntayne al godlynesse are become euen enemies suppressours and ouerthrowers therof aswell thorowe their obstinate and cruel resistyng of Gods worde as by other wicked examples of their vycions and fylthye lyuyng what wolde holy S. James saye to suche vnthankfull belyes that knowyng the trueth lyue of such a sorte wolde he spare them though they were neuer so ryche and welthy Reade the fourth chapter of hys epistle and the fyrst parte of hys fifth chapter and ye wyll iudge the contrary Wherfore moost deare Readers who soeuer of you hath bene slacke to folowe the good lyfe and godly conuersasion that S. James and all the other scriptur besyde requyreth to be in thē which professe the olde fayth let hym take better holde turne agayne to the trueth and folowe that louynge exhortaciō which holy S. James maketh in the later ende of his epistle And yf he haue at the firste not enclyned to Gods worde nor receaued it vnfaynedly in mekeuesse nor submitted hym selfe to be ordred therby and to caste awaye all vnclennesse ●c̄ But

good created man for hym selfe But before he created hym he prouided first for hym wonderfully and fornyshed hym wyth vnoutspeakeable ryches hys goodnesse For whan he deuysed the creacyon of man and the tyme was nowe come whych his godly wysdome and prouydence had ordeyned he fyrste of all appoynted a wonderfull lodgynge for man and garnyshed the same yet muche more wonderfully At the begynnynge whan the goodly and cleare lyghte was made the Lord prepared the instrumentes which he afterwarde sundred one from another and ordeyned euery one to some purpose Ouer the depe that is ouer the water● erth whiche yet was in the water made he a firmament and spred out the heauen aboue as a pauilion Afterward out of the water he called and brought forth the erth asmoch as serued for the habitation of men and appoynted the water his boūdes and markes whiche it maye not ouer passe And these thre thinges the water the erth and the firmamēt that is to saye the ayre and clearnesse aboue vs vnto the heyght of heauē are the essensial and substantiall parcels of the world and se●ueas an house for the habitacion of men Neuertheles as yet all this was but rough and vnfynyshed and nothing garnished at all Therfore dyd the wyse and faithful master put forth his hand wyder to perfourme and pleasaūrly to garnyshe that wonderfull worke yee not onely to garnyshe it but also to make it frutefull and profitable for man ▪ whiche was the gest and in habitour for to come And first in asmoch as man shuld inhabite the erth he garnished it afore hand and clothed it with a goodly grene garment that is with a substaunce whiche he deckte first with floures and al mane● of herbes which not onely are pleasaunt to loke vpon and wonderfully bewtified of a pleasaunt taist and goodly coloure but also profitable for food and al maner of medicine To the same also dyd he fyrst adde sondrye trees and plantes Then watred he the erth with fayre springes riuers and rennynge waters And the grounde made he not lyke on euery syde but in many places sette it vp pleasauntly And herof haue we the walleyes playnes mountaynes and hylles whych thynges all haue theyr due operacyon frute and pleasauntnesse After thys also beganne he to garnyshe the heauen and fyrmament and set therein the Sonne and Moone the planetes and Starres whyche thynges all are goodlyer and more wonderfull then mennes tonge can expresse As for theyr offyce the cause why they are set in the heauen It is to geue vs lyght and wyth theyr vp and down goynge or mocyon to declare the tymes yeares monethes dayes deuydynge the dayes and nyghtes asunder Thyrdly he sayed hys hande lykewise in the water in the whyche he hath wrought no lesse wonders then in heauen and vpō earth For in the water and specially in the see do the wonderfull workes of God appeare in the fysshes and meruels of the See yf a man consider the nature and disposition of them And in the ayre also hath he created and ordeyned greate tokens of hys goodnesse power and wysdome euen the foules that pleasauntly accordynge to dyuerse commodities do synge vnto man and refreshe hym At the last endewed he the erth yet more rychelye and fylled it wyth all kynde of profytable and Goodly beastes and sundred one from another pleasauntly Whan the Lorde nowe had prepared thys goodly and ryche pleasure then fyrste after all these he made man that he myght be Lord of all these thynges Hym also endewed he aboue all other creatures and created hym after hys owne ymage He made hym of body and soule whych shuld haue endured for euer yf he had not fallen into synne Nowe hath he afrayle bodye and an immortall euerlastynge soule But the fyrst man made he altogether parfecte and wythout blemyshe so that verelye he was called the ymage of God not wythoute cause The Lorde also was not suffysed in garnyshynge the erathe golye but fyrst also buylded vpon the erth a specyall garden of pleasure euen a paradyse and therin he set man hys deare beloued creature And for asmuche as he beyng so litary and alone coulde not conueniently dwell wythout a make he appoynted him first to plante and kepe the gardē of pleasure and prouyded for hym a wyfe euen out of the bones of hys owne bodye that she myght be the mans helpe Thus wolde the goodnesse of God fynyshe and make man perfecte to the intent that he shoulde lacke nothynge whyche serued to a ryght wholsome and perfecte lyfe Therefore was it equall that man whyche was endewed wyth reasō and hye vnderstandynge shulde shewe thankefulnesse and obedyence vnto God for suche hye gyftes Yee God hym selfe whyche is not only good but also ryghteous requyreth the same of hym and that by the meanes of the cōmaundement That he mighte eate of all the trees of the garden of pleasure Onely he shulde eschue the frute of knowinge good and euyll And thys commaundement was not greuous nor vnreasonable Onely it requyreth o●edyence and loue of God the maker vnto whome onely the treature euen man shoulde haue respecte and loke for all good at hys hande and not to take the fourme of good and euell oute of hym selfe but onely to holde that for euyll and forbydden whych God inhybyteth as euell and to compte that as good and ryghteous whych God aloweth or forbyddeth not For a representacion visible token and Sacrament God shewed hym a ryghte vysible and frutefull tree in the garden of pleasure and forbad hym wyth earneste threatenynge that in what houre so euer he dyd eate of the same tree he shuld dye an euerlastyng death But vntruly dealth mā wyth hys faithfull god transgressed hys commaundemente and gaue more credence to the persuasyon of the woman and of the serpente then to the true worde of God whyche was nothyng els but euen as much as to take the fourme of good and euell out of them s●lues or els where rather then of God and not to cleue and be obedyente onely vnto hym as to suche one as wysheth good vnto euery man For man beynge dysceaued thorowe the woman and the serpente dyd beleue that God was not indyfferent and that he had wythdrawen from hym some of hys godly wysdome And for asmuch as the mynde nowe was departed from God thorowe infydelyte and loked not for all good at hys hande therfore toke the hande the noysome apple and the mouth dyd eat the forbydden meate And thus thoughte he to helpe hym selfe to Goddes maiestye by another meanes rather then by God and so to repayre hys necessyte whyche he thought he had And so wyth infydelyte vnfaythfulnesse disobedyēce and vnthank fulnesse he wroughte lyfe and dyed the deathe that is he offended agaynste God and fell in to the punishment of euerlastinge dampnacyon Yee he made hym selfe bonde vnto the Deuyll whome he was so dyligent to

waye gather vp the stones out of the strete and hang out the banner vnto the people beholde the Lorde hath caused it to be proclamed vnto the ende of the worlde Tell the daughter Syon beholde the sauyoure commeth lo his treasure and his rewarde bringeth he with him his dedes go before him And they that are redemed of the Lord shalbe called the holy people zachary sayeth in the .ix. chap. Reioyce O daughter Siō be glad O daughter Hierusalem beholde thy kyng cōmeth vnto the euen the righteous and sauyoure meke and symple is he he rydeth vpon an asse vpon a yong colt of the she asse He shal preach peace vnto the Hevthen his kyngdome also shall reach from the one see to the other from the ryuer vnto the vttermost parte of the erthe Of the death and passion of Christ speaketh Daniel in the .ix. chapter after this maner And after two and sixtye wekes shall Christ be slayn put to death and yet shall they haue no true testimonye that he is giltye of death Esaye in the .l. chapter sayeth thus The Lorde God opened myne eare and I refused it not nether wente I bacwarde I gaue my body to the smiters and my chekes to the nyppers and my face haue I not turned from theyr shamefull intreatinge and spittynge vpon me The Lorde God also shall help me therfore shall I not be confounded And therfore haue I hardened my face lyke a flynt stone and am sure that I shall not be confounded In the liii chapter there is writtē of Christ after this maner He shall haue nether bewtye ner fayrnesse we shall loke vpon him but we shall haue no desyre vnto hym He is despysed and contēned of mē a mā of trouble and one that hath had experience of infirmyte He is so despysed that we shall hyde our faces from him and haue hym in no estimation And yet hath he borne oure vnperfectnesses and felt oure sorowes We also thought that he shulde be wounded smy●ten and punished of God But he was wounded for our synnes and slayne for oure wyckednesse sake And the punishment wherby we haue peace is layed vpon him and thorow his woundes are we made whole All we haue gone astraye lyke shepe euery one of vs hath had respecte vnto hys owne waye and the Lorde hath layed all our synnes vpon hym Uiolence and wrong was done vnto hym he hath bene euell intreated yet opened he not his mouth He shall be led as a beest to be slayen and as a shepe domme before the sherers so shall he not open hys mouth c. The whole chapter descrybeth all the cause of Christe so clearly that holy Hierome sayd not in vayne Esaye is not onely a Prophet but also an Euangelist zachary descrybeth the presthode and sacrificie of Christ and testifieth that with the same onely oblacion he hath opteyned grace for all synnes and therfore seuē that is to saye all eyes shall haue respecte vnto him and shall seke peace rest of theyr consciences in hym and shall fynde it Heare nowe O Josue thou hye prest thou and thy cōpanyons that syt before the seynge ye are mē of ensamples For lo I wil bring my seruaūt euē the blossome For beholde the stone whiche I haue layed before Josue wyll I brynge To the same onely stone shall seuē eyes loke Beholde I wyll dyg it vp and dssclose it sayeth the Lorde zabaoth and the synne of the erth wyll I take awaye in one daye And in that daye shall euery man call hys neghboure vnder hys vyne and fyg●tre The buryall and resurrection of oure Lord Jesu Christ hath the prophet Jonas figured very excellently For thus sayeth oure Lorde Christ hym selfe Lyke as Jonas was thre dayes and thre nyghtes in the whalles belye so shall the sonne of man be thre dayes and thre nightes in the hert of the erthe Of the ascension of Jesu Christ and sendynge of the holy gooste hath Joel also written in the .ii. chapter and it is alledged of S. Peter Act. ii Of the callynge gathering together the Heythen and of euery thynge pertaynynge to the holy church doth Esay wryte in the .xlix. chap. and so forth to the ende of his prophecye Thus hast thou that the prophetes also in their tyme dyd preach Jesus Christe poynted not the people to truste vnto the workes of the law their own deseruing but vnto christ of whome they prophecied euery thinge that folowed after Therfore dyd Peter speake right .i. Pet. i. sayenge Ye shall receaue the ende of your fayth euen the saluacion of your soules After which saluacion haue the prophetes enquyred and searched whiche prophecyed of the grace that shulde come vnto you searchinge whan or what tyme the sprete of Christ which was in them shuld signifye which sprete testified before the passions that shuld happen vnto Christ and the glory that shulde folowe after Unto the which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues onely but vnto vs they shuld ministre the thynges which are now shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the gospel thorow the holy goost that was sen●e vnto them from heauen c. In the which testimony the holy Apostle Peter had a speciall respecte to the prophecye of Daniel whiche dyd not onely recorde the passion glory of Christ but also poynted to the tyme in the which Christ shuld come For lyke as God in the greatest parels daungers and alteracions hath alwaye renewed more clearly expressed hys promes conceruyng the blessed sede as in the tyme of Noe whan the worlde was destroyed in the tyme of Abraham whan God wolde prepare hym selfe a new people in the tyme of Moses whā God receaued his people and caryed them out of Egipte to bringe them in to the lande of Canaan in the tyme of Dauid whan all thynges stode so well and it must nedes be auoyded leste any man shulde thynke Dauid were the blessed sede Before the captiuite of Babylon also and in the tyme of the prophetes which as it is sayde afore preached and wrote that no man shulde doute in gods promes as who saye they were geuen vp and cast a waye though the temple were broken the cytye brent though the people of whome Christ shuld be borne were led awaye in to captiuite Euen so nowe also in the captiuite whan the faythfull might all moost haue thought that the promes of God concernynge Messia were cleane gone Euen than dyd God shewe hys seruaunt Daniel a more cleare vision of Christ after thys maner The people shalbe let go agayne out of captiuite and shall come home to Hierusalē buylde the temple and cytie agayne but with a sore tyme. And after that the cytye is buylded vnto the tyme of Christe shall be .lxix. wekes that is c. x●viii .iii. yeares And euen so was it from the. xxx●i yeare of Darius