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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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CHAP. IIII. Of the first faithful Christians, ADAM and EVE.
CHAP. IIII. Of the first faithfull Christians, ADAM and EVE.
And hitherto I trust we have had in the first promise of God the foundation, and the whole sum of our holy Christian faith; namely, that the whole generation of man was but lost through his own fault and wickedness, and fallen into death and damnation, so that there remaineth nothing in man but it is displeasant to God: Hereof cometh it that there is nothing to be ascribed unto the power and deserving of man, save sin and malediction. But God of his abundant mercy had compassion on us, and of very grace promised he life unto us again in his Son our Lord Jesus, whom he would to become man, and to suffer death in his flesh, that thereby he might tread down the devil, death, sin and hell. Item, he would put enmity between the woman's seed and the serpent, that is, he would endue us (which are the seed, that is to say, the children of Adam, if we believe) with another heart and power, that we might become enemies unto the devils works, resist his suggestion, and hold our selves fast by the blessed seed, labouring and suffering whatsoever God enjoineth us to work and suffer. Who is it now, which seeth not herein, all that is written in the whole Scripture, of belief, of love and innocency, that is to say, of a Christian life and faith? Who so is disposed, let him look ⟨p. 18⟩upon the 2.3. and 4. chapters of Paul to the Romans, the first and second to the Ephesians: let him compare those chapters toward this sum, and he shall find it none otherwise.
ANd hitherto I trust we have had in the first promise of God the foundation, and the whole summe of our holy Christian faith; namely, that the whole generation of man was but lost through his owne fault and wickednesse, and fallen into death and damnation, so that there remaineth nothing in man but it is displeasant to God: Hereof commeth it that there is nothing to be ascribed unto the power and deserving of man, save sinne and malediction. But God of his abundant mercy had compassion on us, and of very grace promised he life unto us againe in his Sonne our Lord Iesus, whom he would to become man, and to suffer death in his flesh, that thereby hee might tread downe the devill, death, sinne and hell. Item, he would put enmitie betweene the womans seed and the serpent, that is, he would endue us (which are the seed, that is to say, the children of Adam, if wee beleeve) with another heart and power, that we might become enemies unto the devils workes, resist his suggestion, and hold our selves fast by the blessed seed, labouring and suffering whatsoever God enjoyneth us to worke and suffer. Who is it now, which seeth not herein, all that is written in the whole Scripture, of beleefe, of love and innocencie, that is to say, of a Christian life and faith? Who so is disposed, let him looke