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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

had in the first promes of God the fouÌ„dation and the whole summe of oure holy christen faith Namely that the whole generation of maÌ„ was but lost thorow hys owne fault and wickednesse and fallen into death damnacion so that there remayneth nothyng in man but it is displeasaunt to God Herof commeth it that ther is nothynge to be ascrybed vnto the power and deseruyng of maÌ„ saue synne and malediction But God of hys abundaunt mercy had compassion on vs and of very grace promysed he lyfe vnto vs agayne in hys sonne our lord Jesu whome he wolde to become man and to suffre death in hys fleshe that therby he might treade downe the deuell death synne and hell Item he wolde put enemyte betwene the womans sede and the serpeÌ„t That is he wolde endewe vs which are the sede that is to saye the chyldren of Adam yf we beleue with another hert and power that we mighte become enemyes vnto the deuels workes resiste his suggestion and holde our selues fast by the blessed sede labouryng and suffrynge what so euer God enioyneth vs to worke suffre Who is it now which seyth not here in all that is written in the hole scripture of beleue of loue and innocencye that is to saye of a Christen lyfe and fayth Who so is disposed let hym loke vpon the thirde fourth and seconde chapter of Paul to the Romaynes the first second to the Ephesians let hym compare those chapters towarde this summe he shall fynde it none otherwyse For asmoche then as Adam Eue had fayth in God and stode so towarde God that they knowledged theÌ„ selues to be synners trusted to be saued onely thorowe the blessed sede geuyng them selues ouer willingly in to the disciplyne nurtoure trauayll trouble of thys tyme No man can saye contrary but it foloweth that oure first elders were Christen Neuertheles we will declare the same yet more clerly by Moyses wordes folowynge And Adam called hys wyfe Heua because she shulde be the mother of all lyuyng For assoone as he was now streÌ„gthed thorow the promes of God and beleued that he and hys posterite whiche â—is were chyldreÌ„ of wrath of the deuel and of death shuld lyue thorow the blessed sede he turned his wyfes name and called her Heua for the remembraunce of the matter and practisyng of hys fayth for he beleued that she now lyuyge in the power of the blessed sede shuld bringe forth not onely quycke men temporally as pertaynynge to thys naturall lyfe lyke as we call other creatures lyuynge but lyuyng that is to saye chyldren of saluation For Adam had loste eternall lyfe from hym selfe and from vs hys posterite but the same is genen vnto vs agayn thorow Jesus Christ our Lord. Adam for asmuche as he beleued chaunged hys wyues name lyke as we fynde that for great weyghty causes the names of certayne places cytyes and men were chauÌ„ged Thus was Jacob called Israell Symon Peter Luthz Beâ—ell Eue had nowe a name of lyfe for Haâ—ah in Hebrue is as muche to saye as lyfe Afore was she called Ischa that is to saye Woman because she was taken fromout of the maÌ„ whych in the Hebrue is talled Ischa Gen. ii And thus is it manifest what faith AdaÌ„ had wherby we maye well suppose that Eue had none other faythe But god vsed hys mercy and louynge kyndnesse yet furthermore eueÌ„ in the myddes of all correction for whan he woulde nowe expell man oute of Paradyse in to misery he doth vnto hym in euery condycion euen as a faythfull father whych for some mysdede putteth hys sonne awaye from hym NotwythstaÌ„dyng leaueth hym not vtterly comfortles but prouideth him a garment comforteth hym wyth freÌ„dly wordes and then fyrste sendeth hym awaye from hym Euen thus doth God the father of heaueÌ„ also For fyrst he clotheth Adam and Eue agaynst the frost and tempest of wether in asmuche as by the meanes of synne the wether the erth the ayre and all creatures were nomore so subiecte tame and obedient vnto man as they were afore the fall Therfore euen now at thys presente tyme what soeuer inconuenience harme is in the good creatures of God it commeth by the meanes of oure synnes Afterwarde doth the Lorde comforte the myserable wretched man wyth verye louynge wordes after thys maner Beholde Adam is become lyke one of vs or lo Adam shalbe as one of vs and it shall happeÌ„ vnto hym as to one of vs and he shall know good and euyll Thys doth God speake whyche is one in substaunce and thre in personnes he Prophecytâ—he here vnto Adam that he shall knowe or haue experience of good and euyll That is to say that vpon erth he must fele prosperite and aduersite misery and trouble sower and swete and muste suffer necessite payne and afflyction Yet in all thys must he be constant pacient for asmuch as nothynge shall happen vnto hym saue euen the same that shall happen to one of theÌ„ And he meaneth the sonne our Lorde Jesu Christ the second personne in the holy Trinite With thys hys passyon thorow the same doth he comforte Adam As though he wolde saye let the payne sorow and trouble whych thou must suffer vpon erth not vexe the and considre that one of vs also shall take vpon him the kynde and nature of man and that the serpent as it is sayde afore shall treade hym on the hele that is to saye he shall dye he shalbe opprest and haue muche asslyction trouble all the dayes of hys lyfe In the same meanyng also dyd the holy Apostle Peter say Chryst suffred for our sakes and gaue vs an ensample that we shulde folowe hym and go in hys fotesteppes Out of all this is it easy to vnderstande what fayth and knowlege Adam had of our lord Christ Namely that he knew in hym very godheade and manhede and that he saw in fayth hys passioÌ„ and crosse afarre of Moreouer that the passion of Christ ones doâ—e for al breaketh the kingdome of the Deuell and bryngeth lyfe agayne to suche as faythfully beleue Secondly that it is to our lyuynge an ensample at the which we ought to lerne pacience in aduersite and dayly to dye from all euyll And here to now serue all doctrines of pacience of bearyng of the crosse of despisyng the worlde mortifienge or putting of the olde Adam which thyng is conteyned and wyth many godly wordes handled thorow out the prophetes and apostles As for Adam and Eue they lacked none of these thynges thoughe they had not the matter in wryttyng For God spake it all to them hym selfe and wrote it in theyr hartes Morouer our fyrste elders had no church rytes nor ceremonies saue onely the bodely offryng a representacion of the sacrificyng of Christe and exercises or tokens of thankfulnesse For how shulde Cain Abel els haue knowne any thyng of sacrifice yf they had not

receaued the same at the custome of their father Who wyth hys wyfe Eua the mother of vs all was saued by none other worke or merite of maÌ„ but onely thorow and in the blessed sede of oure Lorde Jesu Christe Â¶ That the holye Patriarkes also were Chrysten â–ª and saued by Chryste SUche faith in christ Jesu as we now haue spoken of dyd the holy father Adam no doute teache hys chyldreÌ„ that they also myghte plante in to theyr chyldren the promes of god his mercy and deuyce concernynge the Messias or Sauioure that was for to come And truly Abell had suche a notable fayth in god that the holy Apostle Paul wrote of hym after thys maner Thorowe faythe dyd Abell offre a greater sacrifice theÌ„ dyd Cain therby opteyned he wytnesse that he was ryghteous For god bare recorde to hys gyftes In asmuche then as it can not be denyed but that all they whych are iust ryghteous he made ryghteous thorow the blessed sede And Abell was iustifyed It foloweth that he was made ryghteous thorow fayth in Jesus Chryste In that he dyd sacrifice it is a token frute of a hart that was thankfull and feared God It was no suche interpryse that he wolde clense and make hym selfe accepte vnto God thorow that outward sacrifice For certayne it is that no outward oblacion purifieth man wythin But the grace of god graunted vnto vs thorowe Jesus Christ purifieth vs a right And the out warde sacrifices of the olde fathers besyde that they were tokens of thankfulnesse prayse and magnifyenge of God as it is sayde afore were figures of the onely perpetuall sacrifice of our sauiour Christe And in this behalfe they were eueÌ„ asmoche as sacramentes of thinges to come Thus also and in lyke vnderstondynge haue oure first fathers done sacrifice as hereafter it shall folow more largely Nowe lyke as in Abel there is set forth vnto vs an ensample of Gods sede of a regenerate true faithfull Christen man So is Cain a sede of the serpent a chylde of the deuell which despysed the inspiracion of God and harkened to the disceatfull serpent And in these two brethren we maye se what God meaned whaÌ„ he sayd I wyll put enemyte betwene the sede of the woman and thy sede As though he wolde saye There shalbe two maner of people the one shall cleue vnto Christ the blessed sede the other shall cleue vnto the deuell And these two generacioÌ„s shall in no wyse a gree but be at variavnce in fayth and religion I will endew my sede that they shall cleue onely vnto me feare me honour and worshippe me seke all saluacion in me thorow the blessed sede lyue vertuousâ—y honestly soberly Then shal the serpent tempte their â—ede with ypocâ—ysye not to loue me ner serue me right not to holde of me as they shulde not to trust in me but to loue the worde to folowe the lustes and tentacions therof All thys fynde we here in these two brethren in whome begynneth the firste difference of true and false beleuers For Abel was simple godly and of a constant faith in God And in asmoche as he toke God for his refuge he broughte hym giftes of hys bâ—ste substaunce no doubte because he had first geuen ouer hys soule and all hys power vnto God at whome alone he soughte all good without any ypocrisye He was also innocent â–ª veriuous and frendly and folowed not hys owne tentacions And for thys faithes sake dyd hys sacrifice please God but Caines pleased hym not for hys hert was not right with God he was a dissembler gredye vnfaithfull personne which set hys hert and mynde vpon erthlye thynges allwaye despysinge Gods worde and folowyng his owne tentacion Whiche thynge was euydeÌ„t in thys that he hauynge no cause onely of a wilfull hert and thorow the tentacion of the serpent murthured his own brother Wherby he hath opteyned to be the arâ—hfather of all murthurers whiche persecute and murthur the sede of god that is to saye the true beleuers onely for their faithes sake â–ª Thus became abel the firste martyr and instrumente of god and yf Christ in the holy church For these two brethren haue set forth before vs the wole battayl stryfe which the worlde the cytye of the deuelâ— the chyldren cytesyns of the cursâ—d cytye wherin the serpent is heade and master and hath the dominion shal make agaynst the cytie and cytesyns in whome Christe is the heade vnto the ende of the worlde The fre men of the cytie of God and of Christe do â—leue onely vnto God serue hym with all theyr hart buylde only vpon Christe The cytesyns of the serpent despyse god yet make they theyr boaste of God to whome also they offer and do seruice but not as they ought to do Now whaÌ„ they perceyue that theyr fayth is not ryghte and that theyr ypocrysie is spyed and myslyked then fall they to murthurynge to the whych god is an enemy and forbyddeth it wyth hys worde For Cain also exhorted he from hys purpose sayd Thou nedeste not to arme the because of thy brother for thou haste none occasyon to be angry wyth hym For yf thou doeste ryght thou shalte fynde it and haue ioye therof but yf thou doest not ryght then is thy mysfortune synne and trespace opon and thou shalte shame destroye thy selfe Thy brother goeth on wythout faulte he shall do the no hurt nor harme he shall also not be Lorde ouer the nor myny she thy â—yght Yea he shall haue respecte vnto the and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym and so kepe thy byrth right styll remayn the fyrste borne although hys sacrifice be acceptable vnto me and not thyne Ceasse therfore from thy wicked purpose and offende not agaynst thy brother But Cain dyd as al vngodly do For he went forth and sâ—ue hys innocent brother And afterwarde whan the Lorde wolde haue brought hym in to the knowlege of hys great synne and pardon hym he despised the voyce of the Lord with crakyng and facynge For the which cause the lord was wrothe with hym and cursed hym Then dispayred he first and went forth became yet more wicked dealt altogether vngodly set first his mynde vpon earthly thynges thought to exalte hys name vpon erth and buylded the fyrst cytye whiche he called Hanoch he begat sonnes daughters but litle feare of God was before their eyes in so moche that the scripture sayeth Adam layâ— with his wyfe agaâ—â—e and she bare a sonne whome she called Seth. For God sayde she hath geuen me another sede for Abel whome Cain â—lew Seth also had a sonne and he called hym Ends. And than beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord Out of the whiche wordes it is easie to vnderstonde that as touchynge holy Adam he helde no more of Cain then as thoughe he neuer hadde chylde For Adam feared God Cain with hys progenye

law of the promes that is to saye the bequest and TestameÌ„t 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 eueÌ„ 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 theÌ„ which rocke was Christ Besydes thys yf we considre the declaratioÌ„ 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 â–ª 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 â–ª 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 froÌ„death to asceÌ„de vnto heaueÌ„ there to seyt at the ryght haÌ„de of god and eueÌ„ 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 vnderstoÌ„d 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 â—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 Whaâ— 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 takeÌ„ 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 cleÌ„syng 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 wâ—â—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 falleÌ„ 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 preâ—â—hode holy daves ornameÌ„tes 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 â–ª wherewyth they serued God To the intente then that God myghte reâ—â—â—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 â–ª seruyce to any other goddes or take vpon them to serue God after the maner of the EgipciaÌ„s or after other HeitheÌ„ he appoynted an outwarde gods seruice and coÌ„maunded 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 â—â— hys wysdome of hys speciall mercy and good herte that he hath vnto mans generation wolde wyth these outwarde tokeÌ„s 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 Neuerâ—theles the corporall visible thynges were geuen for no longer but vntyll the tyme of the fulfyllynge But now that Câ—râ—st hath appeared and fulfylled and perfourmed all that was wryteÌ„ and figured of hym in the law and the prophetes the figure ceasseth â–ª and the outewarde Sacramentes of Moses lawe â–ª are of no more value to be exercised and vsed Thus muche â—â—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 declaratioÌ„ of the fyre â—oÌ„maundementes of the seconde table and is comprehended in the wordes of Paul Roma xiii Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe â–ª 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 froÌ„ 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 â˜ž 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 coÌ„prehended 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 Nâ—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 strauÌ„g people saieth he shall come from farre make the temple with the citte an horrible abhominacion â–ª 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 whaÌ„ he was .xxx. yeare olde I hoÌ„ baptised him Afterward within .iii. yeares was he put to death so within .xl. yeares folowed the destruction of HierusaleÌ„ by Tytus Uâ—spasian All the tyme now yeares froÌ„ the captiuite of BabiloÌ„ to Christes birth are 626. yeares For the captiuite of BabiloÌ„ endured .lxx. yeares In the firste yeare of Cirus were they delyuered in the second yeare beganne they to buylde the teÌ„ple and buylded 46. yeares â—â—eÌ„ 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 Nâ—hâ—mias Malachy Afterwarde were they specially opprest bi the vngodly kyng Antiochê° in the tyme of the Macha bees Whan as the tymes were euer the longer the more full of parels aduersite vntyll Aulus Gabinus PoÌ„peius Crassus captaynes of Rome coÌ„quered the laÌ„d the true olde religion was vtterley gone in so moch that out of the olde serpeÌ„t there arose in Israel all maner of secâ—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 seruauÌ„t 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 Â¶ 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 â—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 AaroÌ„ 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 dearâ—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 froÌ„ the begynning In this were saued all they that froÌ„ the beginning were preserued ordeyned to saluacioÌ„ wherfore what soeuer they can alledge agaynst this faith whether it be coÌ„cerning holymeÌ„ olde age multitudes lerned men generall counsayls coÌ„uocations or perliameÌ„tes 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 instructioÌ„ 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 spokeÌ„ Now shall euery man fyrst haue a corage to reade the lawe and the prophetes whaÌ„ 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 whaÌ„ he weÌ„t with the two disciples towarde Emaus preached so vnto the that theyr hertes brent within them he begaÌ„ne at Moses wente thorow all the prophetes and opened vnto theÌ„ the old scriptures shewed them that so it behoued Christ to fuâ—â—re and to entre in to his glorie Thys is the cause also

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