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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

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

law of the promes that is to saye the bequest and Testamēt of god is nothing mynyshed but that the summe remayneth wythout blemishe namely that saluacion is geuen vs frely But here myght one aske Seyng that the saluation is clearly ynough expressed afore the law and is ascribed onely vnto the grace of God why woulde God then adde the lawe why was he not contente wyth the Testament alone Therfore foloweth it nowe in Paull Why then serueth the lawe It was added bycause of transgression tyll the sede came that was promised These are Pauls wordes whyche are thus to be vnderstande The lawe was not geuen because of the promes to make it of none effecte and to teache that men are saued by workes and not thorow the grace and free lyberalyte of God but it was geuen because of transgression that is to saye because that the people of God in Egypte hadde transgressed the waye and truethe of theyr Fathers and knewe nomore what was synne ryghte or vnryghte wherein stode saluacion or dampnation for they were corrupte thorowe the longe dwellynge amonge the Ydolaters of Egypte Therfore dyd God ordeyne them the Lawe oute of the whyche they myghte lerne the wyll of God what Synne ryghte or vnryghte is and to know them selues to go in to them selues and to consydre how that the holy workes wyche God requyreth are not in theyr owne power for the whych cause all the worlde haue greate nede of a mediatoure And thus the lawe was geuen to furthur the promes namely that we thorowe the lawe myghte be led onely vnto Chryste For thus folowethe it in Pauls wordes And it was geuen of Aungels by the hande of the mediatoure A mediatour is not a Mediatour of one onely but god is one Is the lawe then agaynste the promyses of God God forbyd Howbeit yf there had bene geuen a law whych coulde haue geuen lyfe then no doute ryghteousnes shulde come of the law But the scripture hath shutte vp all vnder synne that the promise shoulde come by the faythe on Jesus Chryste geuen vnto them that beleue Before fayth came that is to say Jesus Christ in whome we beloue we were kepte and shutte vp vnder the lawe vnto the fayth whyche shulde afterwarde be declared Thus was the lawe oure scolemaster vnto Chryst that we myght be made ryghteous by fayth c. By these wordes of Paul may euery man vnderstande now for what cause the lawe was geuen and howe it is not contrary to the promes of the foresayd sede but rather bryngeth vs from oure selues and from all creatures only vnto Jesus Christ The law therfore confyrmeth the fyrste promes concernyng the blessed sede teacheth that we opteyne all saluacion in hym onely Howbeit it is also a rule of oure lyfe enfourmynge vs what we ought to do and what we ought to leaue vndone Yet on oure syde is all vnfruteful where faith is not But where faith is it ceasseth not thorowe loue to worke good accordynge to the law all honoure and prayse beynge referred vnto God to men nothyng but vnperfectnesse God also amonge hys people wrought many thynges wherby he set the cause of Jesus Christe clearly a fore the eyes of the people as it is expressed afore by the lande of the Passeouer Lykewyse is it where as Moses hanged vp as serpent in the wildernesse that al they whiche were stonge and poysoned of serpentes shuld beholde the brasen serpent hangynge not dye but be saued alyue Where as doutlesse the outward beholdynge of the brasen serpent saued not them that were poysoned but it was God whiche wolde so declare that hys sonne shulde be hanged vpon a crosse to the intent that euery one whiche were poysoned and defyled by the olde serpente and synne shulde beleue in the sonne of god and lyue in hym For so is it written Sapien. xvi They had a token of health accordinge to the commaundemente For who so conuerted was not made whole by the outwarde thynge whiche he sawe but by the whiche art the restorer of health Sauiour of all And yet saieth Christ more clearly Joh. iii. And lyke as Moses set vp the serpent in the wildernesse euē so must the sonne of man belifte vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shulde not perishe but haue eternall lyfe And as touchyng thys the holy Apostle Paul bringeth in another sentence .i. Cor. x. and sayeth Brethren I wolde not haue you ignoraunt of thys that oure fathers were all vnder the cloude and all passed thorow the see and were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see and dyd all eate one spirituall meate dronke of one spirituall drynke But they dranke all of the spirituall rocke that folowed thē which rocke was Christ Besydes thys yf we considre the declaratiō of the lawes of the first table which teacheth how we shall behaue oure selues right towarde God to loue worshyppe honoure hym to serue hym and to cleue onely vnto hym we shall fynde in the same fyrst table the whole cause of Christ For all that afterward was ordeyned and appoynted concernynge the tabernacle the presthode and the oblations parteyneth to the summe of the first table for asmoche as the scripture and the mouthe of God calleth it hys lawe precepte commaundement vse and statute ordinaunce and seruyce And yf thou aske howe can god whiche is a sprete be serued without warde ▪ visible and fleshly thynges as the foresayde ceremonyes of the Jewes are I answere Suche outwarde rytes of the people of God were sacramentes and tokens of heauenly inuisible good thynges andwere not the heauenly ryches them selues Wherfore they nether serued ner pleased God that vsed and dyd soche seruyce without fayth and lyftinge vp of the mynde But they that put their trust in God cleuynge onely vnto hym and lyftinge vp their hertes hygher and remayned not in the vysible thynge those pleased god Where as they had but one altare and one place appoynted where they shuld do sacrifice It signified the crosse of oure Lorde Jesus Christe and that he shulde be offred vp but ones and that in one place for the syn ne of the worlde Therfore where as the hye prest also euery yeare wente in to the inwarde tabernacle with bloude It signified that oure Lorde Jesus shulde come in to thys worlde and shed hys bloud ones for all to forgeue and clense our synnes ▪ and so to ascende vnto heauen Yee all obletions and all sheddinges of bloud in the sacrifices of the olde fathers signified the death of oure Lorde Jesus Christe No thynge was clensed amonge them with out bloud whiche signifieth that all the pourgynge of oure vnclennesse is done by the bloude of Jesus Christe And all the yresthode whiche was ordeyned for to teache to praye and make intercession to offre and do sacrifice represented the office of oure Lorde Christe Whiche came in to thys worlde to teach vs

the trueth righteousnes Then to offre hymselfe to the father for our synnes and after the sacrifice done to ryse vp agayn frōdeath to ascēde vnto heauē there to seyt at the ryght hāde of god and euē there as a true hye bisshoppe to appeare alwaye in the presence of god and to praye for vs. Thys is the summe of the rytes and ceremonies of the olde fathers the vnderstondynge of the figures and the sprete of the lettre wher of holy Paull hath written moche in the moost excellent epistle to the Hebrues Out of all thys is it easye to vnderstōd howe that these rytes ceremonies of the fathers were sacramentes and geuen to the people of god Not that they with the lettre and outwarde visyble and corporall thynge shulde sufficiently serue God whiche is a sprete but that they shuld lift vp their myndes aboue the same to the spirituall thynges pondrynge the mercy of God out of the whiche he beynge moued is become gracious vnto vs. And whan he might haue damned vs for oure synnes and mysdedes he spared vs for hys sonnes sake whome he gaue vnto death and hys innocent death hath he accepted for our synnes Soche a faithfull consideration whiche is the true beleue pleaseth god and with soche a fayth is god serued and soche a fayth wolde the Lorde haue taught andplanted in wyth the ●oresayde rytes and Ceremonies Therfore all they that pleased god among the olde fathers pleased hym not for the letters sake but by reason of the sprete Wha● the sacrifice also and ceremonye was executed after the ordinaunce of god in the congregation the beloued frendes of God had not onely respecte vnto the outewarde thynge but muche rather behelde they Chryst with the eyes of fayth thought thus Beholde the wyll of God hathe ordeyned to do sacrifice for synne now are we all synners and detters vnto god in so much that he hath power right ouer vs that lyke as the beeste whyche is now slayne and offred dyeth hath hys bloud shed Euen so myght God now also kyll vs all and coudemne vs for euer Neuerthelesse he hath takē vs to his mercy and promysed vs a sede whiche shulde thus dye on the crosse and clense vs wyth hys bloud wyth hys deth restore vs vnto lyfe Whyche thynge no doute shall as surely come to passe as thys beest is slayne offred now a ore our eyes And lyke as the bloude is sprenkled ouer the people for the bodely clēsyng So shall the bloud of Christ be sprenkled vpon oure soules c. And out of suche thoughte and faythfull consyderacion of the sacrifices grewe repentaunce and sorow for theyr synnes a gladnesse prayse comforte and thankes geuynge vnto God the mercyfull father And to thys do serue certayne Psalmes whyche were made concernynge the sacrifices To thys also serue all the rebukynges of the holy Prophetes and the refusinges of the oblations For the exteriour pompe and shewe of the offrynges wythout fayth in God and the blessed sede is nothyng worth yea it is rather abhominacion vnto god as thou seyst in the first chapter of Esaye Thou w●●t aske Might not god haue taught and shewed his people the cause of Jesu Christ and of true beleue none other waye then thorowe and wyth suche cost pompe and glory of sacrifices other gorgiousnesse of the churche I answere Yf the people had not fallē to more wyckednesse in Egypt thorow their dwellynge amonge the ydolaters but had constantly and stedfastly remained as dyd theyr fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob then myghte they well haue contynued by the olde shorte symple fourme as it was amonge the holy fathers But nowe had they sene in Egypte an outwarde costlye gods seruice wyth temples altures sacrifices pre●●hode holy daves ornamētes c. Lykewyse the ydolatrye increaced dayly in all the worlde so that nowe there was vtterly no people whyche had not theyr owne outwarde ceremonies ▪ wherewyth they serued God To the intente then that God myghte re●●●ne hys people wythin the compasse of fayth in one God and in the blessed sede promysed afore to the intente also that they shoulde shewe no outward ▪ seruyce to any other goddes or take vpon them to serue God after the maner of the Egipciās or after other Heithē he appoynted an outwarde gods seruice and cōmaunded to do the same vnto hym and els to none and in the same pleased it hym to set forth all the cause of the forsayde sede tyll he came and perfourmed all thynges indede that they hadde fygurally in theyr sacrifices Morouer god accordyng ●● hys wysdome of hys speciall mercy and good herte that he hath vnto mans generation wolde wyth these outwarde tokēs tender oure weaknesse whiche of spirituall heauenly thynges hathe better vnderstandynge whan they are shewed vnto it by corporall vysible thynges God therfore thorow suche corporall representations laboured to shewe vnto that grosse and fleshly people the heuenly cause of hys sonne Neuer●theles the corporall visible thynges were geuen for no longer but vntyll the tyme of the fulfyllynge But now that C●r●st hath appeared and fulfylled and perfourmed all that was wrytē and figured of hym in the law and the prophetes the figure ceasseth ▪ and the outewarde Sacramentes of Moses lawe ▪ are of no more value to be exercised and vsed Thus muche ●●sayde of the ceremonyes Where as besyde the ceremonies there is muche wryten also in the lawe concernynge cyuyle policye ordynaunce iudgement to lyue peaceable and well in cytye and lande Of biyng and sellyng of warre and peace of enherytaunce and propertyes of lawes matrimonyall of punyshement of the wycked of the iudgement and connsaill of leadynge and borowynge c. It is no newes at all and serueth altogether for the declaratiō of the fyre ●ōmaundementes of the seconde table and is comprehended in the wordes of Paul Roma xiii Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe ▪ And in the wordes of Christe That thou woldest not haue done vnto the doo not thou to another Math. vii Suche lawes and rules to lyue in peace in a cyuyle ordre and vertue haue also the good holy fathers had frō the begynnyng of the world wrytten in theyr hartes by God hym selse Nowe hathe God also caused all to be comprehended in wryttynge by Moses to the intente that the World myghte haue all more clearlye and perfectly and that no man myghte excuse hym selfe of ignoraunce ☞ The originall of the holy scripture and fayth thereof THys mater which I haue hytherto treated vpon haue I not feyned of my selfe but taken it out of the mouthe and worde of God For god styred vp Moses to wryte and leaue behynde hym all the matter for our lernyng and knowlege Thys dyd now Moses wyth great faythfulnesse cōprehended all in foure bokes The fyrste is called the boke of the creation from the be gynnynge of the worlde vnto hys tyme of the creacion of

Histaspis or Artaxerres in the whiche the cytie was buylded N●hemie v. vntyl the .xlii. yeare of the empire of Augustus vnder whome Christ was borne Luce. ii The aungel also gaue Daniel farther in formacion of Christ how that hys owne people shulde slaye hym fynde no fault in hym and howe that the sacrifice with the ceremonies shuld ceasse And a straūg people saieth he shall come from farre make the temple with the citte an horrible abhominacion ▪ yee they shall destroye and breake downe altogether All whiche thinges were afterward fulfylled in the last wekes that is within .c. vii yeares or there about For within .c. iii. yeares dyd Lorde growe to teach to suffre For whā he was .xxx. yeare olde I hō baptised him Afterward within .iii. yeares was he put to death so within .xl. yeares folowed the destruction of Hierusalē by Tytus U●spasian All the tyme now yeares frō the captiuite of Babilō to Christes birth are 626. yeares For the captiuite of Babilō endured .lxx. yeares In the firste yeare of Cirus were they delyuered in the second yeare beganne they to buylde the tēple and buylded 46. yeares ●●ē vntyll the vi yeare of Darius In the. 32. yeare of Darius was the citie fynished which maketh 143. yeare Adde now hereto the. 483 yeares out of Daniel thou hast the foresaid summe euen 626. yeares In the sayd yeares had oure holy fayth sore conflictes and the sede of the serpent preassed sore vpon the sede of God as the Babilonians at Babilon and the Perfians whan the people of God was come home agayne Neuertheles the trueth had euer the victory was the more clearly testified by Daniel Haggeus zachary Esdras N●h●mias Malachy Afterwarde were they specially opprest bi the vngodly kyng Antiochꝰ in the tyme of the Macha bees Whan as the tymes were euer the longer the more full of parels aduersite vntyll Aulus Gabinus Pōpeius Crassus captaynes of Rome cōquered the lād the true olde religion was vtterley gone in so moch that out of the olde serpēt there arose in Israel all maner of sec●es Symonye whome oure Lorde Jesus Christ with his commyng in the world resisted and called them the serpentes generacion as the holy Euangelistes testifye Not witstandyng in the myddes of such mischefe in Israell there were also godly vertuous people which sought God and hys anoynted though the erroure was greate Amonge whom no doute was specially the Prest zacharias the father of Jhon Baptyst Elizabeth his wyfe and godly Simeon Whan zacharias had knowlege of the Lordes commynge he sayde with a ioyful hert Praysed be the Lorde God of Israell for he hath visited and delyuered his people and set vp the horne of saluacion in the house of Dauid his seruaūt accordynge as he had promised afore by the mouth of holy prophetes c. For his wordes are red Lu i. Simeon when he sawe the childe Jesus in the temple and had taken him in hys armes he sayd Now Lord let me dye in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue sene thy sauyoure whom thou hast prepared before the face of all people that he myght be a lighte to geue light vnto the Heythen and the glorye of thy people Israel Luc. i lo thus the hertes of all righteous in the olde Tessament from Adam vnto Christ euen 3974. yeares haue stande onely vpon Christ in him was their comforte vpon hym they trusted it was he whom they longed for and in Christ Jesu were they saued Therfore hath oure Christen fayth endured sens the begynnyng of the worlde and is and continueth styll the onely true olde vndoubted fast grounded faith ¶ Of the tyme of the greace of Christ and how that he him selfe testifieth that the saluacion of all the worlde stondeth onely in hym HIther to haue I set for the tyme of the promyses in the whyche God thorowe the promysed ●de oure Lorde Jesus Christe conforted clensed and preserued all hys seruauntes and deare frendes There haue we lerned sene that the Christen fayth which hath endured sens the begynnyng of the worlde is the eldest vndoubted right and true faith which all holy Patriarkes had in the which they serued God and pleased him as Adam Seth Enoch and Noe Item Abraham Isaac Jacob Lykewyse the excellente highlye endewed propheet yee the father foregoer of all prophetes euen greate Moses his brother Aarō the holy Prest Eleazar and Phinees The excellent dukes also Judges Josue Gedeon and other moo Euen so lykewyse the kynges Dauid Ezechias Josaphat Josias The dear●i beloued of God and excellent prophetes Samuel Helias Isaias Daniel zacharias and all the other This holy fayth also had all ryghteous and such as were of godly vnderstondinge in all the congregacions of Israel frō the begynning In this were saued all they that frō the beginning were preserued ordeyned to saluaciō wherfore what soeuer they can alledge agaynst this faith whether it be cōcerning holymē olde age multitudes lerned men generall counsayls cōuocations or perliamētes fathers actes statutes tokens and wonders It is all nothinge worth and is not to be reputed in comparison of oure holy faith as euery one that hath vnderstonding maye se in this treatise afore And though my purpose be now fynished euen declared out of the scripture that the Christen faith hath endured sens the begynning of the worlde Yet wyl I adde a shorte instructiō concernynge the tyme of grace perfourminge of all promises and I wyll declare that God now also thorow the appearinge of his sonne wolde bringe in to the worlde and set forth none other religion none other faith nether anye other saluacion then euen the same which was showed to the olde fathers Sauynge that now all thinges are more euydent more clerly practised accomplished fulfilled and perfourmed for the whych cause also all figures sacrifices and ceremonies do ceasse For in Christ is all perfection Yet shall we not therfore cast awaye the olde Testament as some ignoraunt vnlerned and foolysh people do but haue it in greater reputacion for asmuch as we know now thorowe Christ what euery thinge signifieth wherfore euery thinge was thus thus ordeyned vsed spokē Now shall euery man fyrst haue a corage to reade the lawe and the prophetes whā he seyth wher vpon euery thyng goeth And thus also at the begynnyng dyd the holy apostles preach Christ vnto the Jewes out of the lawe and the prophetes as it is oft tymes mencioned in the actes of the Apostles And our Lord him selfe whā he wēt with the two disciples towarde Emaus preached so vnto the that theyr hertes brent within them he begāne at Moses wente thorow all the prophetes and opened vnto thē the old scriptures shewed them that so it behoued Christ to fu●●re and to entre in to his glorie Thys is the cause also

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.