A14463:1569
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the principal points of the Christian faith and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certain dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Province. Translated by I.S. Seen and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the principall poyntes of the Christian fayth and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certayne dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Prouince. Translated by I.S. Seene and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Bynneman? for Abraham Veale, 1573
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
M. It followeth then, that the faith whereby man is vivified and regenerate, is unto him as the soul, which bringeth to him spiritual life, and that the unfaithful, and not regenerate man, is as a body without a soul.1
M. It foloweth then, that the faith wherby man is viuified and regenerate, is vnto him as the soule, which bringeth to him spiritual life, and that the vnfaithful, and not regenerate man, is as a body without a soule.1
P. S. Paul following the prophet Habakkuk, giveth thee plainly to understand that it is so, by that which he saith: The just man shall live of his faith. Wherefore if the just man do live of his faith, it followeth then, that Faith is to his soul, to give it spiritual life, that which the natural soul is to the body, to give it corporal life.
P. S. Paule following the prophet Abacuk, giueth thée playnly to vnderstand that it is so, by that whiche he sayth: The iust man shall liue of his faith. Wherefore if the iust man do liue of his faith, it followeth then, that Faith is to his soule, to giue it spirituall lyfe, that whiche the naturall soule is to the bodie, to giue it corporall lyfe.
Matthew. There are then two things to be considered in the regenerate & spiritual man: to wit, Faith which is in him as the soul