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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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The Law therefore confirmeth the first promise concerning the blessed seed, and teacheth that we obtain all salvation in him only.1 Howbeit it is also a rule of our life, informing us what we ought to do, and what we ought to leave undone. Yet on our side is all unfruitful, where faith is not. But where faith is, it ceaseth not through love to work good according to the Law: all honour and praise being referred unto God, to men nothing but unperfectness.
The Law therefore confirmeth the first promise concerning the blessed seed, and teacheth that wee obtaine all salvation in him only.1 Howbeit it is also a rule of our life, informing us what wee ought to doe, and what we ought to leave undone. Yet on our side is all unfruitfull, where faith is not. But where faith is, it ceaseth not through love to worke good according to the Law: all honour and praise being referred unto God, to men nothing but unperfectnesse.
- 1The Law is the rule to live by.
God also among his people wrought many things, whereby he set the cause of Jesus Christ clearly afore the eyes of the people, as it is expressed afore by the Lamb of the Passover. Likewise is it where as Moses hanged up a Serpent in the wilderness, that all they which were stung and poisoned of serpents, should behold the brazen serpent hanging, and not die, but be saved alive. Whereas doubtless the outward beholding of the brazen serpent, saved not them that were poisoned: but it was God, which would so declare, that his Son should be hanged upon a cross, to the intent that every one which were poisoned and defiled by the old serpent and sin, should believe in the Son of God, and live in him. For so is it written, Sap. 116. They had a token of health according to the commandment. For who so converted, was not made whole by the outward thing which he saw, but by thee which art the restorer of health, and Saviour of all. And yet saith Christ more clearly,