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Look from Adam, and behold the Protestants faith and religion evidently proved out of…Looke from Adam, and behold the Protestants faith and religion evidently proued out of…
Look from Adam, and behold the Protestants faith and religion evidently proved out of the holy Scriptures against all atheists, papists, loose libertines, and carnal gospellers: and that the faith which they profess, hath continued from the beginning of the world, and so is the true and ancient faith. Herein hast thou also a short sum of the whole Bible, and a plain manifestation, that all holy men who have pleased God, have been saved through this Christian faith alone.Looke from Adam, and behold the Protestants faith and religion evidently proued out of the holy Scriptures against all atheists, papists, loose libertines, and carnall gospellers: and that the faith which they professe, hath continued from the beginning of the world, and so is the true and ancient faith. Herein hast thou also a short summe of the whole Bible, and a plaine manifestation, that all holy men who have pleased God, have beene saved through this Christian faith alone.
London: printed by John Haviland for Thomas Pavier, 1624London: printed by Iohn Haviland for Thomas Pavier, 1624
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This then is no new-fangled faith, no strange faith, no faith invented by mans brain, but even the same that Gods holy spirit teacheth in the infallible truth of his Scripture, and that Adam, Abel, Enoch, and all the other servants of God were saved in. Why do men therefore either call it a new-fangled faith, or report evil of us, for setting it forth? Why? I fear me this is one cause: The old faith that all those servants of God had, whom the Apostle nameth in the eleventh to the Hebrews,1 had a life and conversation joined unto it, which was rich and full of all good works. Therefore seeing there be so many babblers and prattlers of faith, and so few that bring forth the worthy fruits of repentance, it giveth the world occasion to report of us, that our faith is but new-fangled. They see us not fall to labour and taking of pains, as Adam did: They see not the righteousness and thankfulness in us, that was in Abel: They see us not walk after the word and will of God, as Enoch did: They see us not take Gods warning so earnestly as Noah did: They see us not so obedient to the voice of God, nor so well willing and content to leave our friends, to forsake our own wills, our own lands and goods at Gods calling, and dwell in a strange country, to do Gods pleasure, as Abraham did: they see that we choose not rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season: They see us not esteem ⟨image 5⟩the rebuke of Christ, or trouble for his sake, to be greater riches than all the treasures of this world, as Moses did: To be short, they see not in our garden those sweet flowers and fruits of Gods holy Spirit, which were in them that had the old faith.
This then is no new-fangled faith, no strange faith, no faith invented by mans braine, but even the same that Gods holy spirit teacheth in the infallible truth of his Scripture, and that Adam, Abel, Enoch, and all the other servants of God were saved in. Why doe men therefore either call it a new-fangled faith, or report evill of us, for setting it forth? Why? I feare me this is one cause: The old faith that all those servants of God had, whom the Apostle nameth in the eleventh to the Hebrewes,1 had a life and conversation joyned unto it, which was rich and full of all good works. Therefore seeing there be so many bablers and pratlers of faith, and so few that bring forth the worthy fruits of repentance, it giveth the world occasion to report of us, that our faith is but new-fangled. They see us not fall to labour and taking of paines, as Adam did: They see not the righteousnesse and thankfulnesse in us, that was in Abel: They see us not walke after the word and will of God, as Enoch did: They see us not take Gods warning so earnestly as Noe did: They see us not so obedient to the voice of God, nor so well willing and content to leave our friends, to forsake our owne wils, our owne lands and goods at Gods calling, and dwell in a strange country, to doe Gods pleasure, as Abraham did: they see that wee chuse not rather to suffer adversitie with the people of God, than to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season: They see us not esteeme