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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

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the people of God Touching baptyme ther are many ensamples in the actes of the Apostles The supper of Jesus Christ had the Corinthians somwhat altered And whan Paull poynted them agayne to the true ordinaunce and right vse he taketh the symple wordes institucion of Jesu Christ without anye more addicion and layeth those before them commaundeth them to folowe the same and holdeth him therwith well content .i. Corinth xi And thus dyd the holy Apostles gather together all Heythē and people thorow the preachinge of the gospell and mynistracion of the sacramentes in the church whose heade is Christ in whom they are buylded and preserued Morouer they dyd not layed them sore with any ceremonies For in the Actes of the Apostles the .ii. chap where as a perfecte shappe of a right Christen congregacion is descrybed we haue fyrst the ●eudinge of the Apostles amonge whom Peter dyd fyrst preach the gospell that is to saye repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes in Christ Jesu Then baptised he thē that were become the people of God Afterward foloweth it that they whych were become Christen contynued in the doctryne of the Apostles in prayer in breakinge of the bred in the foloshippe Here are the ryght substanciall poyntes of the Cristen church sufficiently expressed the doctryne of amendment of lyfe remission of synnes baptyme the contynuynge and increasyng in Christes doctrine prayer the holy supper of the Lorde and the feloshyppe that is loue kyndnesse and workes of mercy Now where as Act. xv it is ordeyned that the Heythen shoulde eate no bloude nor strangled it endured but for a tyme and theyr meanyng was therby to a voyde offendynge of the weake Otherwyse haue the Apostles euery where specially Paul very exnestly exhorted men to contynue by the doctrine that was shewed delyuered thē and to be at a poynte in thē selues to auoyde suche lernynge as was new and brought vp by men because they leade mē farre frō the trueth as we fynde Collos ii Philip. iii. i. Timoth. iiii vi and Titum i. And thus is it manifest that the apostles taught al natiōs no newer strauge thyng but euen the same that they had receyued of the Lorde ☞ A conclusion that this fayth is the ryght true olde fayth whyche alway shall stonde sure THis holy vndefiled faith which the Lorde ●●anted and set vp in all nations by the Apostles immediatly after the Apostles dysseasse was ●ore ▪ attempted by sondrye vnclea●e personnes whych brought vp false customes and misbeleuers and made per●ous sectes Besydes thys also was it sore persecuted wyth the swerde of tyrauntes But in all such daungers the trueth ouer came and had the victory For though the cytezins of the deuels cytye accordinge to the dispositiō of theyr patriarke Cain dyd mur thur ● all though falfe prophetes brought vp euell counsaill yet the cytye of God triumpheth and the bloude of innocent Abell and his brethren speaketh yet But after that the persecuciō was somwhath ●rassed and the persecuters sore and horr●bly punished for their bloude sheddinge the heresies also beinge well brought downe by faythfull shepherdes In the same rest also was oure holy fayth not a litle hurt For rest put a waye feare brought ydle felicite voluptuousnes and fleshly sekynge of riches and dominyon and so thorow couetousnes and ambisiō there was pou●ed great poyson in to the church wherby religion sore decayed For whyle the mynisters of the worde laboured more after riches then to perfourme their office and charge and to edt ●●e the church they were pleased with supersticiousnes in steade of true religion Of ●●u●s then folowed it farther that the singlenesse of fayth was forgotten newe law●s made the olde rytes and customes ether peruerted or els vtterly ouerthrowē and abused wherby men came farr● from the doctryne and Christen ceremonies from the waye of trueth in to er●oure foo ●●●ly partly in to ceremonies of ydolatrye Here of commeth it that we ha●● now the abhomination of the popes power of pardons of masses for the deed and quycke of merites power and intercession of sayntes in heauen of worshyppinge their bones vpon e●th of ydols and vayne ornamentes pompe pryde of the church of hyred syngynge and prayenge in the temple and of the whole swarme of ydele religious All whiche thynges with other mo● like fondnesse are nothing but new alteracions peruertinges and contrary to all olde ordinaunces hauynge no grounde in gods wo●de and are cleane agaynst God though many hardnecked people are yet in a furye and braule for such hinges and wyll make all the world beleue that thys theyr foolishnes alteracion peruer●●nge of Gods ordinaunce is the olde fayth And yet wo●e they or wyll not knowe that theyr ●abling hath very litle grounde and that they yf they considred the matter as it is are very naked and miserable And though this papisticall religiō hath endured preuayled triumphed now certayne hundreth yeares yet hath God all waye sent his ●aythfull seruantes and had a litle holy flock of his owne like as afore tyme in the day●s of the iudges oft the kinges of Juda and Israel and in the captiuite of Babilon though it was all moost at the worst afore at the cōminge of Christ Like as it is also with vs the nyer the second commynge of Christ the worse is it in the world Neuertheles as I sayde afore God all waye set forth his worde and doth yet Contrary wyse the pope with his multitude and ▪ Machomet with his as it semeth and becometh very Antichristes haue hitherto vndertaken to suppresse the olde religion and to set vp hys owne ordinaunce vnknowne to oure fathers of olde tyme to bringe it in to possession and vnder y ● name of God and his holy church to sprede it vpon all christendome For out of y ● Actes and statutes of the pope and hys wanton spiritualtye and out of the lawes of Machomet it is manifest what the one hath taken in hand and done now more then 600. yeares and the other vpon a 900 yeares It is cuident yet also euen now wherto hys generall coun sayls and perliamentes do extende But not ▪ regardinge how he threnteneth ●nd faceth and how he garnisheth hys new and wanton religions with false but dissemblynge titles boastinge of many hundreth yeares many generall counsayles fathers holy men doctours vniuersities closters syngyng prayeng fasting almes geuinge de●plynge and telleth suche lyke All hys ▪ bragginge set a syde let vs cast hys relygion from vs take vpon vs vnfaynedly the true olde religion which hath endured sens the begynnyng of the worlde by the which all holy m●n haue euer loued worshipped and serued God knew nothinge vtterly of the Popes religion And yf we must for thys cau●e be hated and persecuted of the worlde well it happened euen so vnto all holy Prophetes before vs lykewyse and specially vnto Jesus Christe our Lorde
name of god in vayne or lightly And that we shuld halow the Sabbath daye In the other table ordeyned he sixe commaundementes concerninge man And lyke as the soure first are comprehended in these wordes Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy hert c. Euen so are the sixe conteyned in these wo●des folowynge Thou shalt loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe The commaundementes are these Thou shalt honoure father mother Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breawedloke Thou shalt not ●●eale Thou shalt beare no false witnesse Thou shalt not lust In all these commaundementes is comprehended all that serueth for a godly lyfe and that any where is written of God of true seruynge of God and of right vertue towarde thys worlde Who so now doth well pondre these ten chapters or commaundementes compareth them to the doynges and workes of the holy Patriarkes and olde fathers whiche had no lawe in writtynge He shall fynde that the Lorde now with thys hys written law beganne no new thing nether oughte that was not afore in the worlde but rather renewed the olde and the lawe that he hytherto had wryttē in the hartes of holy men now whā the people had gotten them stony hartes he wrote the same in tables of stone For that we oughte to worshyppe and serue God onely and haue none other goddes the same dyd the holy fathers so beleue kepe that all theyr cōuersacion doyng beareth recorde therof Cōternyng ymages or ydols it is euydēt that Jacob buryed the ydols of Mesopotamia vnder an Oke besyde Sichem Genesis .xxxv. We may perceyue also by the dothes of Abrahā Jsaac and Jacob how the name of god was had in reuerence among thē of olde not takē in vayne The Sabboth dyd not the Lorde ordeyne here first but on the seuēth day of the creatiō Gen. i. The same dyd the fathers kepe a ryght no doute John̄ vii Where as Cham had not hys father Noe in reuerēce he was cursed for it Gene. i● Aduoutry dyd the Heythē rulers forbyd vnder paine of death as we may se Gen. xxvi Wherby it is casye to vnderstande how the blessed frendes of God kepte holy wedlock Howe contrary the holy men were vnto theft and dysceate it apeareth in the parting of Abraham and Loth Gen. xiii And in Jacobs faithfulnesse handlyng wyth Laban hys father in law Gene. xxix xxx xxxi Lyenge false dealynge was so farre from the holy Fathers that for kepynge theyr credence and trueth they opteyned very great commendacion Notwithstondynge they were tempted with euell as all men be but they resisted the wicked lustes For manifest is the chaist acte of Joseph which wolde not touch hys maisters wyfe nor desyre her Wherfore in these commaundementes is nothynge written or requyred that was not also requyred of the fathers afore the lawe perfourmed thorow true fayth in Christe The Lorde therfore beganne no new thyng with his people whan he delyuered them the tables of the law Onely he wolde brynge in to a shorte summe and set in wrytynge all the lawe that the feathers had but not together ner comprehended in a summe to the intent that they shuld the lesse be forgotten of the people which thorow their dwellynge in Egipte amonge ydolaters false beleuers were brought in to sore offence and slaunder Thys must now be rectified agayne after thys maner As for all the lawes and ordinances whiche afterward were added vnto these two tables they were not ioyned ther vnto as principall lawes but as by lawes for the declaracion and better vnderstondynge of the ten chapters or commaundementes For the perfecte summe of all lawes the very righte rule of godlynesse of god seruyce of righteousnesse of good and euell conuersacion is comprehended already in the two tables But here might some men make obieccion and saye Yf all trueth be conteyned in these ten commaundementes how happeneth it that by no token there is menciō made of the blessed sede promised vn to the fathers Hitherto is it declared and promysed vnto the holy fathers that they shal be saued thorow the blessed sede out of the very grace of God and for none of their owne deseruinges but now are written lawes which commaunde and forbyd vs as though we thorow oure owne workes and deseruinge as namely yf we kepe these commaundementes shulde be saued and accepte vnto God Where is nowe Christ Where is the faith of the Patriarkes Here is nothinge heard of faith but moche yee onely of workes Answere This obiection hath disceaued many that they haue had no right opinion and faith of the grace of God oure righteous making Therfore wyl we now geue no answere out of our selues but set forth holy Paul let hym answere that the answere maye be the more sure the better estemed Paul in the .iii. chapter to the Galathians wryteth after this maner Deare brethren I will speake after the maner of men whan a mans testament is confirmed no man doth lightely regarde or despyse it ner addeth oughte therto Now were the promises made vnto Abraham and to hys sede He sayeth not In the sedes as in many but as in one And in thy sede which is Christ All these are Pauls wordes and the meanyng of them is For asmoche as the testamentes or wor kes of men are of suche reputacion in the worlde that whan they are made ordeyned and confyrmed no man darre adde oughte to them or mynyshe any thyng frō them but euery man muste let them be as they are of them selues It is muche more reason that gods Testamēt or bequest remayne styll and that nothyng be added to it or taken from it Now dyd God make a testament or bequest wyth Abrahā and promised hym therin that he woulde geue hym a sede in whom he hys childrē shuld be saued And the same saluatiō dyd he expresly appoynte in one and not in many Wherfore we must adde nothynge vnto gods bequest seyng he hath promysed vs saluation in Christ only and not in many that is to saye in no creature not in our owne power and workes of the law nether must we thinke that the law was afterwarde added to the intent as thoughe Chryste were not able to saue vs or as though we myghte opteyne saluation by oure owne workes oute of the lawe For thus foloweth it in Paull word to word Thys testamēt I saye whych afore was confyrmed to Christward is not dysanulled or made of none effecte by the Lawe whyche was geuen beyonde foure hundreth yeares ther after For yf the enheritaunce be gotten by the Lawe then is it not geuen by the promes But God gaue it frely vnto Abraham by promes These are Pauls wordes out of the which euery man maye vnderstande that to the generacion of man saluacyon is geuen onely o● the grace of God thorowe the promes and thorow no deseruyng at all And that the
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
that the scriptures of the new Testament hang all together and referre them selues to the scriptures of the olde Testament so that these can not be right vnderstōd without the other nomore thē the glose without the text The text is the lawe and the prophetes the expositiō are the Euangelistes Apostles Now wyll we se what the worke of grace of the new Testament is In the .xlii. yeare of the empyre of Augustus after the begynning of the world 3974. yeares was Jesus christ the blessed promised sede borne of the vndefyled virgin and mayde Mary at Bethleem in the lande of Jewrye And though he as a very man was wrapped to clothes and layed in the cryb yet apeareth the angell of the Lord in greate clearnesse vnto the shepherdes and sayeth Feare ye not beholde I bryng you tidinges of great ioy which shall happen vnto all people For this daye is borne vnto you the sauyoure euen Christ the lord in the citie of Dauid The first newes and tydinges of the commynge of our Lord Jesꝰ Christ must the angell brynge and geue to the intent that it mighte be the more accepte of all the worlde All the holy men from the begynnynge of the worlde dyd hytherto longe sore after the promysed sede Therfore saieth the aungell now that he bringeth them tydinges of great ioye no doubte to them that were gone deed past to them also that now lyued to them that were to come afterward The ioye is this that Jesus Christ the sauiour is borne euē the promised sede whiche shulde saue all the world from the power of the deuell clēse them from synne and delyuer them from damnacion Therfore sayeth the aungell moreouer Which shal happen vnto all people For vnto Abraham it was sayd In thy sede shall all nactons of the erth be blessed The same sayeth the angell is borne in the citie of Dauid euen out of Dauids kynred out of the whiche the prophetes testified that he shulde be borne whiche prophetes also for the same cause called him Dauid and the blossome of Dauid And this is now the grace of God that where as we poore synners belōged vnto death and were in the deuels bōdes he sente his sonne to lowse and delyuer vs out of captiue This is the new Testament For Hieremy also testifieth he●of and sayeth This is the Testament that I will make I w●ll be their God and they shall be my people I wyll be mercifull to their vnrighteousnes and synnes wyll thynke vpon them nomore Hiere xxxi This full and perfecte forgeuenesse is not therfore called the newe Testamente as though their had bene no remission of synnes promes made longe afore vnto the fathers is now confirmed and renewed and the old figures that represented the same are abrogate Thus the Lord Jesus alone is set for the for the onely saluacion of all the worlde so that not onely we but all they which afore or after hys appearaūce or incarnaciō beleued on him were saued And at the birth of Christ there cōmeth to the foresaide angell the whole heauenly hoost which praysed God sayde Glory and prayse be vnto God in the height and peace vpon erth to men a good wyll And by this they teach vs what the dewtye thankfulnesse and knowlege of men is or ought to be in this behalfe that god hath done so great good forman Namely howe that they oughte to prayse God to haue a sure trust in hym and to be frēdly and louynge one to another And the fulfilllyge of the lawe is loue from a pure hert out of a good conscience and of an vndissembled or vnfayned fayth i Timoth. ● In the fyftenth yeare of the Empire of T●erius from the begynnynge of the worlde 4004. yeares came the worde of the Lorde to John the sonne of the preyst zachary in the wyldernesse and he went and preached vnto the people of Israell amendement of lyfe and forgeuenesse of synnes in Jesu Christ To whom he bare recorde that he was the fulfyllyng of the lawe the prophetes very God and man the onely and euerlastyng sauiour whych wyth the sacrifice of hys own body shuld clense the world from synne yea he poynted vnto hym wyth hys fynger and sayd Beholde thys is the lambe of God that takethe awaye the synne of the worlde And so perfectiye and wholy hangeth he all saluacion onely in Christe Jesus that he saieth planely Out of his fulnesse haue all we receyued grace c. Joh. i. Item who so beleueth in the son of God hath euerlastynge lyfe who so beleueth not in the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wrathe of God abydeth vppon hym Therfore dyd he also sende all hys disciples from hym and cōmaunded them to cleue vnto Christ He maketh no men●ion at all of any ceremony●s figures nor oblations as necessary poyntes to saluacion but preacheth Christ purely and clearly Thys is manifest Johan i and .iii. Mat. iii. and Luk. iii The Lorde hym selfe also came vnto John was baptised And whan he had receyued baptime the heauen opened and the holy goost appeared in the fourme of a doue and there was a voyce heard ▪ from heauen saynge Thys is my beloued sonne in whome I am pacified to the intent that all the worl●e shuld haue wytnesse of Chryste the true sauyour not onely now by the a●ngels and by Johan the holyes●● man of all but also from heauen and of God hym selfe and that we myght be the bolder to committe our selues wholy vnto hym Whā he had receyued the testymony he wente in to the wyldernesse And lyke as our disease beganne in paradise by tētation Euen so at the tentatiō in the wyldernesse beganne the Lord our health and lyke as the father of vs al dyd eate the for bydden meate So dyd the Lorde not eate the meate that he myghte haue eaten but fasted fortye dayes and fourtye nyghtes Afterwarde came ●e amonge the people and beganne to preache saluacion sayng The tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of God is at hande repēt and beleue the Gospell Here wyth hath he healed all sores dryuē out deuels raysed vp the deed testifienge so by hys actes that he is Lord of all thynges and the true sauioure And of them whome he healleth asketh he nothyng he cōmaundeth them not to buylde hym a temple nether to geue hym blocke or stocke he requyreth no bodely thing but onely ▪ stedfast fayth and cōfidence And to them whom he hath healed he sayeth go they waye and synne no more take hede that a worse thynge happen not vnto the ▪ And herewith all doth he teache in what thynge the substaunce of true religion lieth euen in a right true fayth and in an innocent lyfe that in oure conuersation we kepe our selues from all filthines Yee the thynge that some ma● taketh for gods seruyce refuseth he as longe bablynge prayers vayne glorious