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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. V. That the holy Patriarchs also were Christians, and saved by Christ.
CHAP. V. That the holy Patriarks also were Christians, and saved by Christ.
Such faith in Christ Jesus as we now have spoken of, did the holy father Adam (no doubt) teach his children: that they also might plant in their children the promise of God, his mercy ⟨p. 22⟩and device concerning the Messiah or Saviour, that was for to come. And truly Abel had such a notable faith in God, that the holy Apostle Paul wrote of him after this manner:1 Through faith did Abel offer a greater sacrifice than did Cain, and thereby obtained he witness that he was righteous. For God bare record to his gifts. In as much then as it cannot be denied, but that all they which are just and righteous, be made righteous through the blessed seed. And Abel was justified.2 It followeth that he was made righteous through faith in Jesus Christ. In that he did sacrifice, it is a token and fruit of a heart that was thankful, and feared God. It was no such enterprise, that he would cleanse and make himself acceptable unto God through that outward sacrifice. For certain it is, that no outward oblation purifieth man within: But the grace of God granted unto us through Jesus Christ, purifieth us aright. And the outward sacrifices of the old fathers, beside that they were tokens of thankfulness, praise, and magnifying of God, (as it is said afore) were figures of the only perpetual sacrifice of our Saviour Christ. And in this behalf they were even as much as sacraments of things to come. Thus also, and in like understanding have our first fathers done sacrifice, as hereafter it shall follow more largely.
SUch faith in Christ Iesus as we now have spoken of, did the holy father Adam (no doubt) teach his children: that they also might plant in their children the promise of God, his mercy