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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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By this it is good to understand, that our holy Christian faith is elder than any other. For here may we see clearly, that after a thousand and certain hundred years (almost in the eight hundred or nine hundred year) came up the first beginning of the Heathens belief and offering to Images,1 and yet came it of wicked cursed men. For cursed Ham was the beginning of the Egyptians, and Nimrod the ungodly extortioner and tyrant was the first founder of the kingdom of Babylon, which kingdom with the building of a mighty tower, set forth his pride. Nevertheless the hand of God declared it self immediately,2 as it is read in the eleventh chapter of Genesis. Finally, in the generation of Ham had the serpent great power: howbeit in the posterity of Japheth also (of whom the Almains come) and in the posterity of Shem, he had his issue likewise.
By this it is good to understand, that our holy Christian faith is elder than any other. For here may we see clearely, that after a thousand and certaine hundred yeeres (almost in the eight hundreth or nine hundreth yeere) came up the first beginning of the Heathens beleefe and offering to Images,1 and yet came it of wicked cursed men. For cursed Cham was the beginning of the Egyptians, and Nimroth the ungodly extortioner and tyrant was the first founder of the kingdom of Babylon, which kingdome with the building of a mighty tower, set forth his pride. Neverthelesse the hand of God declared it selfe immediatly,2 as it is read in the eleventh chapter of Genesis. Finally, in the generation of Cham had the serpent great power: howbeit in the posteritie of Iaphet also (of whom the Almaines come) and in the posteritie of Sem, he had his issue likewise.
- 1The faith •f Heathen •s idolatry […] Gen. 10.•.