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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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So when they were endued with the Holy Ghost, they began (according to the Lords commandment) to preach in all the world the foresaid matter of salvation purchased and obtained only by Christ, and gotten by true faith. For he had said; Go your way into all the world, 1and preach the Gospel unto all creatures, Whoso believeth and is baptized, shall be saved, &c. And therewith comprehendeth he both the points, which the Apostles used and practised, even the preaching of the faith in Jesus Christ, and of the ministration of the Sacraments. And how the Apostles doctrine was, it is manifest out of the Acts of the Apostles. But shortly and in a sum, they preached amendment of life, and remission of sins through Jesus Christ: That is ⟨p. 93⟩to say, how that the whole generation of man lay in the dominion of the Devil, and in the bonds of sin, cursed, and damned: but God had mercy on us all, and sent his Son into this world to die, and with his death to restore us unto life, and to wash us with his blood, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. All this declared they out of the Law and the Prophets, and proved, that Jesus Christ whom they preached, is the blessed seed promised unto the fathers. Whoso is desirous to have a perfect example of this declaration, he findeth two Sermons of the famous Apostles Peter and Paul, the one in the Acts of the Apostles, the second chapter, vers. 14. the other in the 13. chapter, vers. 16. There doth the holy Apostle open the mystery of our holy faith, very excellently, declaring it from the time of Abraham unto David, and from him unto John the Baptist. Thereupon showeth he, how Christ suffered, died, was buried, and rose again from death. All this confirmeth he with the Scriptures of the Prophets. At the last he concludeth the Sermon after this manner; Be it known unto you therefore, 2ye men and brethren, that through Jesus is preached unto to you forgiveness of sins, and that by him all they that believe, are justified from all things, from the which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses. To this agreeth now also the sermon of Peter: Yea, all the Scriptures of the Apostles do finally accord to the same effect:
So when they were endued with the Holy Ghost, they began (according to the Lords commandement) to preach in all the world the foresaid matter of salvation purchased and obtained onely by Christ, and gotten by true faith. For hee had said; Goe your way into all the world,