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for the Jews protest that they worship the living God, even the same God that gave them his Law by Moses. But what for that? In the mean while they reject Christ, who is the end and substance of the Law. As for the Papists, although they •••fesse Christianity, & avow Jesus Christ to be their saviour: yet is […] apparent that they make war against him, for as much as they […] set up serving of God after their own liking, so as there is nothing but disorder in all their doings. As touching the Turks, they can well enough say, Almighty God the maker of heaven and earth: but shall we think that God will renounce himself, or unsay that which he hath said, which is, that no man can come unto him but by his well-beloved son, whom he hath ordained too be the mediator between him and men? Again we see how the papists will well y••ugh say, that they believe in God: but yet therewithal they will needs […] patrons and advocates too bring them too his presence. Again, […] not enough for them that they be bought with the blood of ou• […] Jesus Christ: they must also put too their own merits, and ••••some themselves by their own satisfactions: and when we have offended God, we must have such means and such. Then if a man list too examine the papists belief, surely he shall find that they •eleeve their own dreams, and that all that ever they do, is […] ⟨image 58⟩confused maze. For with Jesus Christ they mingle whatsoever cometh in their own head, whereas we know that he ought to continue whole a•one by himself. We see then how S. Paul leadeth us to the true trial of our faith: which is by resting upon Jesus Christ, so that we feel our selves utterly void of all goodness, and that we m••t draw from out of his fullness, too be filled with all good things, or else •o will be unto us. For if we had all the Angels in hea•en on our side (if it were possible:) yet is it certain that all should go too wreck, if we have not the said head, as S. Paul sayeth in the first and second chapters of the Epistle too the Colossians.¹