How to live, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…How to liue, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…

Thus newness of life with all the parts thereof, hath his offspring of our faith. Yea after that a man is once made a new creature, faith gives him his life and sense: faith is the eye of the mind, whereby we behold Christ in the word and sacraments. By this faith Abraham saw the day of Christ and rejoiced.¹ With this eye we may sufficiently behold Christ; and bodily sight in this case is not necessary for the time of this life: therefore Christ saith,² Blessed are they which have not seen and have believed. Again faith is the hand of the soul, whereby we lay hold on Christ and receive him with ⟨p. 39⟩all his benefits. It is the mouth of the heart, whereby we feed on Christ, eating his body and drinking his blood to eternal life. It is the feet of the soul,³ that makes us walk with God. Lastly it is a means to bring us into familiarity with God. For it is an ear whereby we hear God speak to us in his word; and it is as it were the tongue of the soul, whereby we speak to God by Invocation of his holy name.

Thus newnes of life with all the parts thereof, hath his offspring of our faith. Yea after that a man is once made a new creature, faith giues him his life and sense: faith is the eye of the minde, whereby we behold Christ in the word and sacraments. By this faith Abraham saw the day of Christ and reioyced.¹ With this eye we may sufficiently beholde Christ; and bodily sight in this case is not necessarie for the time of this life: therefore Christ saith,² Blessed are they which haue not seene and haue beleeued. Againe faith is the hand of the soule, whereby we lay holde on Christ and receiue him with ⟨p. 39⟩all his benefits. It is the mouth of the heart, whereby we feed on Christ, eating his bodie and drinking his blood to eternall life. It is the feete of the soule,