A17216:65
The old faith an evident probation out of the holy scripture, that the christen…The olde fayth an euident probacion out of the holy scripture, that the christen…
The old faith an evident probation out of the holy scripture, that the christen faith (which is the right, true, old and undoubted faith) hath endured since the beginning of the world. Herein hast thou also a short sum of the whole Bible, and a probation, that all virtuous men have pleased God, and were saved through the Christen faith. 1547. Myles Coverdale.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.
London : W. Hill, 1547?
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But Cain did as all ungodly do. For he went forth, and s•ue his innocent brother ⟨image 23⟩And afterward when the Lord would have brought him in to the knowledge of his great sin, and pardon him, he despised the voice of the Lord with cracking and facing. For the which cause the lord was wroth with him, and cursed him. Then despaired he first, and went forth &1 became yet more wicked, dealt altogether ungodly, set first his mind upon earthly things, thought to exalt his name upon earth and builded the first city, which he called Hanoch: he begat sons & daughters, but little fear of God was before their eyes, in so much that the scripture sayeth: Adam lay• with his wife aga••e and she bare a son, whom she called Seth. For God (said she) hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain •lew, Seth also had a son, and he called him Ends. And than began men to call upon the name of the Lord, Out of the which words it is easy to understand, that as touching holy, Adam, he held no more of Cain, then as though he never had child. For Adam feared God: Cain with his progeny despised God, and became the serpents generation. Wherefore when Adam had gotten another son, he was of a good hope, that in Abel's stead God had given him another son, which should do right, and of whom the ro•e of the blessed seed should spread out afterward. For the which cause also he called him Seth, which by us is called a pl••••, meaning, that God had set him & planted ⟨image 24⟩him as a branch, out of the which Messiah should be borne. For •s for Cain, he doubted of him. And from the same Seth▪ proceedeth the generation of the righteous until Noah, and from him to Abraham and so unto David, and from thence forth unto Christ. This Seth repaired our holy2 faith which received great hurt at the death of Abel. This did Seth (I say) forasmuch as he being taught inwardly of god & by mouth or outwardly of Adam learned his children and their seed, to put their trust in God, and comfort them selves in the blessed seed, and to cleave unto the same. For it is written manifestly: And than began men to call upon the