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Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the sameQuestions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same
Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the same: and answered by M. H. Bullinger of Zurick: reduced into .17. common places. Translated into English by John Cox. 1572Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same: and aunswered by M. H. Bullinger of Zurick: reduced into .17. common places. Translated into Englishe by Iohn Coxe. 1572
London: printed by Henry Bynneman for George Byshop, 1572London: printed by Henrie Bynneman for George Byshop, 1572
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Furthermore we must note by what means the grace of God in Christ,1 redemption, righteousness, and eternal life is imputed unto us, and on the other side how we receive it, and by ⟨p. 50⟩what means they be made ours, so that Christ in us, and we in him do live. All the good gifts of God are imputed unto us by the holy Ghost, as the holy Scripture testifieth almost every where, and chiefly our Lord him self saith: It is the spirit which quickeneth, &c. And we receive all these things by faith, yea by faith only, and by none other thing. And therefore it may very well be said, that a man is justified by saith only. For Christ him self in the third of John teacheth us, that we must be saved even after the same manner as the Israelites were healed of the deadly stinging of the Serpents. For as they could by none other means attain unto health, than by the beholding of the Brazen Serpent hanged up in the middest of their Camp: so we can by none other means be delivered from everlasting death and damnation, and be preserved in eternal life, than by the beholding of Christ Crucified. And this beholding of Jesus Christ is faith, yea faith only. ⟨image 61⟩For as no Works, no Prayers, Fastings, Alms, Sacrifices, or any thing else, whatsoever could help the stinging of the Serpent, but only the beholding of the Brazen Serpent, so is there nothing that can save us, but Faith only. Wherefore Christ in the sixth Chapter of Saint John, saith: Verily verily I say unto you, except you eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. And to eat, the Lord him self interpreteth it to believe. But if there be any that desire to know more testimonies, by the which our Justification in Christ by Faith only is proved, then let him read the third and fourth Chapters of S. Paul to the Romans, and also the Epistle to the Galatians, where the Apostle in the second Chapter writeth thus: Now live I no longer, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God. &c.
Furthermore we must note by what meanes the grace of God in Chryste,1 redemption, righteousnesse, and eternall lyfe is imputed vnto vs, and on the other side howe wée receiue it, and by