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The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Faith only maketh a man The Member of Christ, The Inheritor of heaven. The Servant of God. ⟨p. 11⟩Faith showeth God to be a sweet Father. holdeth stiff by the word of God. counteth God to be true. knoweth God. loveth God and his neighbour. only saveth. extolleth God and his works. Incredulity maketh man a member of the devil. maketh him inheritor of hell. maketh him the servant of the devil. maketh God a terrible Judge. causeth man wander here and there. maketh him false and a liar. knoweth him not. loveth neither God nor neighbour. only condemneth. extolleth flesh and her own deeds. Of Hope. Hope is a trusty looking for of things that are promised to come unto us, as we hope the everlasting joy which Christ hath promised unto all that believe in him; we should put our hope and trust in God only, and in no other thing.1 It is good to trust in God, and not in man. He that trusteth in his own heart, he is a fool; It is good to trust in God, and not in Princes: They shall be like unto Images that make them, and all that trust in them: He that trusteth in his own thoughts doth ungodly: Cursed be he that trusteth in man: Bid the rich men of this world that they trust not in their unstable riches, but that they trust in the living God: It is hard for them that trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God. Moreover, we should trust in him surely, that can help us,2 yea we should trust in him only. Well is him that trusteth in God, and woe to them that trust him not. Well is the man that trusteth in God, for God shall be his trust: He that trusteth in him shall understand the truth. They shall all rejoice that trust in thee, they shall all ever be glad, and thou wilt defend them. Of Charity. Charity is the love of thy neighbour:3 The rule of Charity is, To do as thou wouldest were done unto thee; for Charity esteemeth all alike, the rich and the poor, the friend and the foe, the thankful and unthankful, the kinsman and stranger. A comparison betwixt Faith, Hope, and Charity. Faith cometh of the word of God: Hope, cometh of Faith; And Charity springeth of them both: Faith believes the word; Hope trusteth after that which is promised by the word; and Charity doth good unto her neighbour, through the love that she hath to God, and gladness that is within her self. Faith looketh to God and his word: