The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…

Answer. To wit, that both before God himself promising, and before the eyes of our faith Jesus Christ was always present, and also the whole mystery of performing our salvation: the which he in very deed bestowed upon all believers, & all believers as well in the simple word, as in the Sacraments added to the word, truly and effectually embraced. For¹ Abraham with the eyes of faith saw the day of the Lord, which is a subsisting of things which yet were not, that is, to which now after a certain sort those things exist, which in very deed are ⟨image 66⟩not. Notwithstanding I grant the thing it self, that is to say, that Christ himself was not in act given unto them according too the flesh, or (as they speak) indeed but by right only.

Answeare. To witte, that both before God himselfe promising, and before the eyes of our fayth Iesus Christe was alwayes present, and also the whole mysterye of performing our saluatiō: the wc he in very deed bestowed vpon all beleeuers, & al beleeuers as wel in the simple word, as in the Sacramēts added to the word, truely and effectually embraced. For