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A17216 The olde fayth an euident probacion out of the holy scripture, that the christen fayth (whiche is the right, true, old and vndoubted fayth) hath endured sens the beginnyng of the worlde. Herein hast thou also a short summe of the whole Byble, and a probacion, that al vertuous men haue pleased God, and wer saued through the Christen fayth. 1547. Myles Couerdale.; Alte Glaube. English Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. 1547 (1547) STC 4071; ESTC S111672 65,283 130

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good created man for hym selfe But before he created hym he prouided first for hym wonderfully and fornyshed hym wyth vnoutspeakeable ryches hys goodnesse For whan he deuysed the creacyon of man and the tyme was nowe come whych his godly wysdome and prouydence had ordeyned he fyrste of all appoynted a wonderfull lodgynge for man and garnyshed the same yet muche more wonderfully At the begynnynge whan the goodly and cleare lyghte was made the Lord prepared the instrumentes which he afterwarde sundred one from another and ordeyned euery one to some purpose Ouer the depe that is ouer the water● erth whiche yet was in the water made he a firmament and spred out the heauen aboue as a pauilion Afterward out of the water he called and brought forth the erth asmoch as serued for the habitation of men and appoynted the water his boūdes and markes whiche it maye not ouer passe And these thre thinges the water the erth and the firmamēt that is to saye the ayre and clearnesse aboue vs vnto the heyght of heauē are the essensial and substantiall parcels of the world and se●ueas an house for the habitacion of men Neuertheles as yet all this was but rough and vnfynyshed and nothing garnished at all Therfore dyd the wyse and faithful master put forth his hand wyder to perfourme and pleasaūrly to garnyshe that wonderfull worke yee not onely to garnyshe it but also to make it frutefull and profitable for man ▪ whiche was the gest and in habitour for to come And first in asmoch as man shuld inhabite the erth he garnished it afore hand and clothed it with a goodly grene garment that is with a substaunce whiche he deckte first with floures and al mane● of herbes which not onely are pleasaunt to loke vpon and wonderfully bewtified of a pleasaunt taist and goodly coloure but also profitable for food and al maner of medicine To the same also dyd he fyrst adde sondrye trees and plantes Then watred he the erth with fayre springes riuers and rennynge waters And the grounde made he not lyke on euery syde but in many places sette it vp pleasauntly And herof haue we the walleyes playnes mountaynes and hylles whych thynges all haue theyr due operacyon frute and pleasauntnesse After thys also beganne he to garnyshe the heauen and fyrmament and set therein the Sonne and Moone the planetes and Starres whyche thynges all are goodlyer and more wonderfull then mennes tonge can expresse As for theyr offyce the cause why they are set in the heauen It is to geue vs lyght and wyth theyr vp and down goynge or mocyon to declare the tymes yeares monethes dayes deuydynge the dayes and nyghtes asunder Thyrdly he sayed hys hande lykewise in the water in the whyche he hath wrought no lesse wonders then in heauen and vpō earth For in the water and specially in the see do the wonderfull workes of God appeare in the fysshes and meruels of the See yf a man consider the nature and disposition of them And in the ayre also hath he created and ordeyned greate tokens of hys goodnesse power and wysdome euen the foules that pleasauntly accordynge to dyuerse commodities do synge vnto man and refreshe hym At the last endewed he the erth yet more rychelye and fylled it wyth all kynde of profytable and Goodly beastes and sundred one from another pleasauntly Whan the Lorde nowe had prepared thys goodly and ryche pleasure then fyrste after all these he made man that he myght be Lord of all these thynges Hym also endewed he aboue all other creatures and created hym after hys owne ymage He made hym of body and soule whych shuld haue endured for euer yf he had not fallen into synne Nowe hath he afrayle bodye and an immortall euerlastynge soule But the fyrst man made he altogether parfecte and wythout blemyshe so that verelye he was called the ymage of God not wythoute cause The Lorde also was not suffysed in garnyshynge the erathe golye but fyrst also buylded vpon the erth a specyall garden of pleasure euen a paradyse and therin he set man hys deare beloued creature And for asmuche as he beyng so litary and alone coulde not conueniently dwell wythout a make he appoynted him first to plante and kepe the gardē of pleasure and prouyded for hym a wyfe euen out of the bones of hys owne bodye that she myght be the mans helpe Thus wolde the goodnesse of God fynyshe and make man perfecte to the intent that he shoulde lacke nothynge whyche serued to a ryght wholsome and perfecte lyfe Therefore was it equall that man whyche was endewed wyth reasō and hye vnderstandynge shulde shewe thankefulnesse and obedyence vnto God for suche hye gyftes Yee God hym selfe whyche is not only good but also ryghteous requyreth the same of hym and that by the meanes of the cōmaundement That he mighte eate of all the trees of the garden of pleasure Onely he shulde eschue the frute of knowinge good and euyll And thys commaundement was not greuous nor vnreasonable Onely it requyreth o●edyence and loue of God the maker vnto whome onely the treature euen man shoulde haue respecte and loke for all good at hys hande and not to take the fourme of good and euell oute of hym selfe but onely to holde that for euyll and forbydden whych God inhybyteth as euell and to compte that as good and ryghteous whych God aloweth or forbyddeth not For a representacion visible token and Sacrament God shewed hym a ryghte vysible and frutefull tree in the garden of pleasure and forbad hym wyth earneste threatenynge that in what houre so euer he dyd eate of the same tree he shuld dye an euerlastyng death But vntruly dealth mā wyth hys faithfull god transgressed hys commaundemente and gaue more credence to the persuasyon of the woman and of the serpente then to the true worde of God whyche was nothyng els but euen as much as to take the fourme of good and euell out of them s●lues or els where rather then of God and not to cleue and be obedyente onely vnto hym as to suche one as wysheth good vnto euery man For man beynge dysceaued thorowe the woman and the serpente dyd beleue that God was not indyfferent and that he had wythdrawen from hym some of hys godly wysdome And for asmuch as the mynde nowe was departed from God thorowe infydelyte and loked not for all good at hys hande therfore toke the hande the noysome apple and the mouth dyd eat the forbydden meate And thus thoughte he to helpe hym selfe to Goddes maiestye by another meanes rather then by God and so to repayre hys necessyte whyche he thought he had And so wyth infydelyte vnfaythfulnesse disobedyēce and vnthank fulnesse he wroughte lyfe and dyed the deathe that is he offended agaynste God and fell in to the punishment of euerlastinge dampnacyon Yee he made hym selfe bonde vnto the Deuyll whome he was so dyligent to
fastinge lyke almes geuynge He nothynge regardeth mens tradicions diuersites of sectes long garmentes outwarde appearaunce their clensynge ne● all their ypocrisie He goeth into the temple ouerthroweth casteth downe powreth out euery thynge that is to be solde in the temple he dryueth the byers and sellers out of the temple with a whippe For the temple was ordeyned for generall prayer thankesgeuing and preachynge and not for choppinge and chaun gynge or other suche lyke thynges These thre poyntes doth he teach vs diligently to obserue First that we obteyne remission of synnes true righteousnes euerlastinge lyfe onely thorw hym and by hys passion and death and els by none other meane For he is the onely mediatoure prest intercessoure comforter the onely righteousnesse satisfacion raunsome santifyeng the onely perpetuall sacrifice the suertye of grace and saluacion Speciall testimonies hereof hast thou Johan iii. vi xiiii and .xvi. Secondly that we can not serue and pleace God with exterior sacrifices or any outward pompe but with suche workes as proceade of loue mercy And thirdly that all the children of God are bounde to kepe them selues from the workes of darekenesse and to applye them to lyue in righteousnes and in the lighte And herein also is comprehended all godlynes that is all right good Christen workes So whan he had taught all righteousnes and discloysed and ouerthrowen all ypocrisye in religion he offred vp hym selfe vpon the crosse for the remissyon of all oure synnes For wyllingly paciently put he him selfe in to the handes of hys enemy●s and of his betrayer suffred him selfe to be taken to be bounde to beled from one iudge to another to be langhed to scorne cried out vpon to be spytted on and at the last to be adiudged vnto death to be scourged to be crowned with a crown of thorne He himselfe bare hys owne crosse to the place of execucion where he was crucified hanged vp betwene the murthurers Then lyued he in greate payne from the sixte houre vntyll the nyenth At the last he cried It is fynished father in to thy handes commende I my spr●te thus offred he him self for oure synnes and dyed that we myghte lyue But soone after folowed the thinges wherby the frute of Christes passyon might be perceaued For the vayle which in the temple se●arated the holy from the moost holy dyd rent from the toppe tyll the botome wherby Christ testified that now with his death all ceremonies fig● ratyue thinges were at an ende and nomore of value that the waye to eternall saluation was opened that all thinges significatyue in the tabernacle in sacrifices rytes and obseruaunces were nowfulfilled and abrogate that now the bare onely cross of our Lorde Jesus Christ is al together vnto the faythfull that the hele of the virgines sede is well troden vpon his flesh well rente and slayne but that yet also in the meane reason he hath troden the serpent vpon the head Therfore dyd the deed also aryse and appeared vnto certayne at Hierusalem For the death of Christ is oure life The erthquaked the stones harst asunder For the preachinge of the death of the sonne of God hath altered the whole worlde and many hard stonye hertes are moued to repentaunce faith and good workes But whan the syde of the deed body of Christ was opened with the speare ▪ and the rocke as zachary saieth was dygged vp ▪ there ranne out water and bloude declarynge manifestly therby that vnto vs out of the death of Christ foloweth life and purifyenge For water clēseth in the bloud is the lyfe of man And with the bloude of Christ is all bloude stanched and now is Christes bloude onely avaylable beynge sprenkled thorowe fayth in oure hertes This oblacion and passion of Christ the rawnsome for the synne of the whole world was done in the. xviii yeare of the Empyre of Tiberius rekenynge from the begynnyng of the worlde 4007 yeres the .xxv. daye of Marche So the whole body of Jesu was taken downe from the crosse and honorably buryed and on the thirde daye after he rose vp agayne so that his soule came agayne to the body and his very flesh was raysed vp from death how be it now nomore mortall and passible but glorified For he is the first in the resurrection of the deed For lyke as by one man came deathe so by one man must come the resurrection of the deed And lyke as in Adam we all dyed in body and soule so shall we be all together restored agayne to lyfe in Christ Jesu This hope vnto lyfe wolde the Lorde prynte substancially in vs with the resurrection And therfore after his resurrection he contynued fortye dayes wyth his disciples that he mightwell instructe them of his resurrection and that they shuld haue no doulte therin So whan he had shewed and declared vnto them his very resurrection dyuerse wayse and had perfourmed all that the father commaunded him to fynde he ascended vp vnto heauē with body and soule fro moūt Oliuere in the sight of his disciples and is set at the righte hand of God there to remayne corporally vntyll the last daye in the which he shall ▪ come agayn bodelye to iudge the quycke deed And all suche as haue walked in faith shall he take to him with body soule in to heauen lyke as he himselfe is receaued in to heauen And shall with body and soule condemne all them that haue walked in the waye of the olde serpente and haue not conuerted from vnrighteousnesse to the righteousnesse in Christ And thus shall saluacion be perfectly fynished and gods chyldren shall lyue eternally with God thorow Jesus Christ To whome be prayse for euer Amen ☞ That also the electe Apostles preached thys olde fayth and declared that all saluacion is ▪ onely in Christ THus thorow Christ Jesus is al fulfilled that the prophetes prophecied of hym a fore thus is he become y ● saluacion of all faithfull beleuers euen the lampe of God whiche hath bene sacrificed sens the beginninge of the world that is this is he whose power and delyueraunce hath clensed all them that euer put their trust in God thorow the blessed sede Herein now is the righte true ●aluacion this is the summe of the right perfecte religion Who so peruerteth thys from him shall God turne him selfe who so addeth oughte vnto this to hym shall God adde his wrothfull hand who so taketh ther frō his lyfe shall God ●●nishe But blessed are they which walke in this simplicite clennesse contynue so vnto the ende euen they that heare gods worde do therafter whose onely hope is Jesus Christ This onely true and euer durynge saluacion wolde he to be shewed and declared to all nacions whiche came to saue all nacions but he wold it sholde be declared by the preachinge of the holy gospell and thorow the ministracion of the hol● sacramentes And therfore by his
afterward all the people of God receaued the name Israel had many vysions of the Lorde Christ as with the ladder that stode vpon the erth the toppe reachynge to heauē on the which the angels of god wente vp and downe For herewith was represented vnto hym the Lord Jesus whiche is the waye vnto heauē the trueth and lyfe without whome no man commeth vnto the father Upon the vision of Jacob sayeth he also hym selfe Joh. i. Uerely Isaye vnto you hēce forth shall ye se the heauen open and the aungels of god goynge vp and downe vpon the sonne of man And so constant was Jacob in remembryng the same that afterward at the commaundement of the Lorde he set vp in the same place an altare no dout as it is sayde afore for a figure of the crosse and sacrifice of Christ and there honoured he and worshipped the Lorde he commaunded all hys people also that they shulde forsake straunge goddes and geue him the ydols that they had brought with them out of Mesopotamia he buryed them vnder an Oke that stode besyde Sichem Gene. xxxv And whan he wolde now dye he prophecied very clearly of the lord Christe how he shulde be borne out of the kynred of Juda and that he shuld be born the same tyme that the kyngdome shulde be taken from Juda. Whiche thyng also came to pas in Herodes tyme. For in the xxxii yeare of the raygne of Herode was Christe borne at Bethleē in Jewry Wher of the wordes of Jacob are these The sceptre shall not be taken awaye from Juda ner a ruler from hys fete tyll Schilo come that is to saye the sauioure and he in whome all nations shalbe blessed and the people shall fall vnto hym This sted fast fayth of Jacob dyd Joseph folow also which mortified hys owne flesh declared patience in aduersite preson and exercysed great iustice and equyte in hys gouernaunce He was a figure of oure Lord Jesus Christe who also beynge folde of hys owne vnto the Heythen preserued hys brethren alyue So that from the begynnyng of the worlde vntyll the death of Joseph the righte Christen fayth endured 2300. yea res And thus all holy patriarkes before the lawe were saued not thorowe the lawe ner by their owne strength and deseruynge but ▪ thorowe the blessed sede oure Lorde Jesus Christ The lawe of Moses ¶ The lawe of God geuen by Moses leadeth vnto Christ and maketh mention of all hys doynges THe Israelites after the death of Joseph vntyll their departyng delyuerannce out of Egipte were in the lande .c. xl yeares And lyke as afore in the tyme of Noe the dwellynge among the wicked became occasion of fallynge vn to the righteous Euen so now dyd the Israelites lerne ydolatrye and all vnhappynesse of the Egiptians For the whiche cause also they were sore opprest a longe season howbeit there remayned yet many excellent men whiche kepte styll the olde faith and hated the abhominations of the Egiptians For of Moses which was born .c. vi yeare after the death of Joseph sa●●th Paul Moses thorow saith whan he gr●w vp and was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God then to en●oye the pleasures of synne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Criste greater ryches then the treasures of Egypte for he had respecte to the rewarde Hebre xi Now can no man desyre to suffre with Christe except he haue know lege of Christes sufferynge Therfore Moses in the myddes of all persecution had know lege of Christe the fayth in Christe So is there no doute but moo vertuous people had thys true fayth whiche were all oppressed and vexed in Egypte lyke as afterwarde the right faithfwll beleuers were somwhat more persecuted as amōg the Heythen in the tymeof the Judges and kynges of Juda and Israel vnder kynge Antiochus vnder the Emperous Nero Traianus Domitianus Maximianꝰ Julianus and other As for the vnbeleuers they in suche myserable tymeys receaued the reward of theyr vnthankfulnesse disobedience ydolatrie and blasphemye But whan the appoynted tyme came whych god had forsene and opened vnto Abraham Gene. xv he brought the people of Israell by Moses out of Egypt wyth and thorowe great wonders and tokens By the whych he fyrst declared hys power then hys louyng kyndnesse and mercy towarde hys owne and hys terrible iustice and vengeaunce agaynste hys enemyes Wherby all the worlde myghte knowe that there was none other iust true god saue the God of Israell in whose hande onely consiste all thynges whyche also of hys mere mercy preserueth hys owne and wyth ryght indgement rewardeth hys enemyes Specially thys is mooste wonderfull that in thys great busynesse worke he hath so myghtely set forth the redemption perfourmed by oure Lorde Jesus Chryste yea and expressed it to be a very myghty redemption For the same nyght whan they shulde departe awaye and be dyspatched in the mornyng the Lord commaunded them to kyll a lambe and wyth the bloud therof to sprinkle the dores and postes of the house So whan the aungell that in the same night slew the fyrst borne of the Egyptians sawe the bloude he shuld do no harme and sley no man therin Exo xii Now te stifyeth Paul .i. Cor. v that Christ Jesus is our Ester lambe and passeouer ▪ So sayeth S. Johā Beholde the lambe of God whyche taketh awaye the synne of the worlde Therefore were not the Israelytes spared because of the bloud of beastes but for the bloudes sake of the blessed sede that was promysed for to come And thus the whole delyueraūce out of Egypt was a figure of the true redemption by the whych we are delyuered from the power of the deuell from euerlastynge death thorow Jesus Christe and brought into the lande of promes euen to eternall ioye and saluation whyche God promysed vnto our fathers Adā Noe Abraham Isaac and Jacob. Now whan the Lorde had caried hys people out of Egipt and brought thē thorow the reed see drye shode and had drowned Pharao wyth all hys people he commaunded hys folke to prepare and clense thē selues at moūt Sina For he wold binde hymselfe vnto them receaue them as hys owne people and gaue them hys law and ordynaūce Which thing he also dyd and appoynted hys law himselfe spake it wyth hys owne mouth and wrote it with hys owne fyngers in two tables of stone In the one fyrst table he ordeyned foure commaundementes concernynge the wor shippe and loue of God Namely that we shulde take hym onely for the true right God and none els besyde or excepte hym That we shuld worship and honoure hym onely and in no wyse to haue anye other God cōforte nor hope Item that we shuld in no wyse make any ymage or picture of any thinges and nether to worshippe them nor serue them Morouer that we shulde not take the
the trueth righteousnes Then to offre hymselfe to the father for our synnes and after the sacrifice done to ryse vp agayn frōdeath to ascēde vnto heauē there to seyt at the ryght hāde of god and euē there as a true hye bisshoppe to appeare alwaye in the presence of god and to praye for vs. Thys is the summe of the rytes and ceremonies of the olde fathers the vnderstondynge of the figures and the sprete of the lettre wher of holy Paull hath written moche in the moost excellent epistle to the Hebrues Out of all thys is it easye to vnderstōd howe that these rytes ceremonies of the fathers were sacramentes and geuen to the people of god Not that they with the lettre and outwarde visyble and corporall thynge shulde sufficiently serue God whiche is a sprete but that they shuld lift vp their myndes aboue the same to the spirituall thynges pondrynge the mercy of God out of the whiche he beynge moued is become gracious vnto vs. And whan he might haue damned vs for oure synnes and mysdedes he spared vs for hys sonnes sake whome he gaue vnto death and hys innocent death hath he accepted for our synnes Soche a faithfull consideration whiche is the true beleue pleaseth god and with soche a fayth is god serued and soche a fayth wolde the Lorde haue taught andplanted in wyth the ●oresayde rytes and Ceremonies Therfore all they that pleased god among the olde fathers pleased hym not for the letters sake but by reason of the sprete Wha● the sacrifice also and ceremonye was executed after the ordinaunce of god in the congregation the beloued frendes of God had not onely respecte vnto the outewarde thynge but muche rather behelde they Chryst with the eyes of fayth thought thus Beholde the wyll of God hathe ordeyned to do sacrifice for synne now are we all synners and detters vnto god in so much that he hath power right ouer vs that lyke as the beeste whyche is now slayne and offred dyeth hath hys bloud shed Euen so myght God now also kyll vs all and coudemne vs for euer Neuerthelesse he hath takē vs to his mercy and promysed vs a sede whiche shulde thus dye on the crosse and clense vs wyth hys bloud wyth hys deth restore vs vnto lyfe Whyche thynge no doute shall as surely come to passe as thys beest is slayne offred now a ore our eyes And lyke as the bloude is sprenkled ouer the people for the bodely clēsyng So shall the bloud of Christ be sprenkled vpon oure soules c. And out of suche thoughte and faythfull consyderacion of the sacrifices grewe repentaunce and sorow for theyr synnes a gladnesse prayse comforte and thankes geuynge vnto God the mercyfull father And to thys do serue certayne Psalmes whyche were made concernynge the sacrifices To thys also serue all the rebukynges of the holy Prophetes and the refusinges of the oblations For the exteriour pompe and shewe of the offrynges wythout fayth in God and the blessed sede is nothyng worth yea it is rather abhominacion vnto god as thou seyst in the first chapter of Esaye Thou w●●t aske Might not god haue taught and shewed his people the cause of Jesu Christ and of true beleue none other waye then thorowe and wyth suche cost pompe and glory of sacrifices other gorgiousnesse of the churche I answere Yf the people had not fallē to more wyckednesse in Egypt thorow their dwellynge amonge the ydolaters but had constantly and stedfastly remained as dyd theyr fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob then myghte they well haue contynued by the olde shorte symple fourme as it was amonge the holy fathers But nowe had they sene in Egypte an outwarde costlye gods seruice wyth temples altures sacrifices pre●●hode holy daves ornamētes c. Lykewyse the ydolatrye increaced dayly in all the worlde so that nowe there was vtterly no people whyche had not theyr owne outwarde ceremonies ▪ wherewyth they serued God To the intente then that God myghte re●●●ne hys people wythin the compasse of fayth in one God and in the blessed sede promysed afore to the intente also that they shoulde shewe no outward ▪ seruyce to any other goddes or take vpon them to serue God after the maner of the Egipciās or after other Heithē he appoynted an outwarde gods seruice and cōmaunded to do the same vnto hym and els to none and in the same pleased it hym to set forth all the cause of the forsayde sede tyll he came and perfourmed all thynges indede that they hadde fygurally in theyr sacrifices Morouer god accordyng ●● hys wysdome of hys speciall mercy and good herte that he hath vnto mans generation wolde wyth these outwarde tokēs tender oure weaknesse whiche of spirituall heauenly thynges hathe better vnderstandynge whan they are shewed vnto it by corporall vysible thynges God therfore thorow suche corporall representations laboured to shewe vnto that grosse and fleshly people the heuenly cause of hys sonne Neuer●theles the corporall visible thynges were geuen for no longer but vntyll the tyme of the fulfyllynge But now that C●r●st hath appeared and fulfylled and perfourmed all that was wrytē and figured of hym in the law and the prophetes the figure ceasseth ▪ and the outewarde Sacramentes of Moses lawe ▪ are of no more value to be exercised and vsed Thus muche ●●sayde of the ceremonyes Where as besyde the ceremonies there is muche wryten also in the lawe concernynge cyuyle policye ordynaunce iudgement to lyue peaceable and well in cytye and lande Of biyng and sellyng of warre and peace of enherytaunce and propertyes of lawes matrimonyall of punyshement of the wycked of the iudgement and connsaill of leadynge and borowynge c. It is no newes at all and serueth altogether for the declaratiō of the fyre ●ōmaundementes of the seconde table and is comprehended in the wordes of Paul Roma xiii Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe ▪ And in the wordes of Christe That thou woldest not haue done vnto the doo not thou to another Math. vii Suche lawes and rules to lyue in peace in a cyuyle ordre and vertue haue also the good holy fathers had frō the begynnyng of the world wrytten in theyr hartes by God hym selse Nowe hathe God also caused all to be comprehended in wryttynge by Moses to the intente that the World myghte haue all more clearlye and perfectly and that no man myghte excuse hym selfe of ignoraunce ☞ The originall of the holy scripture and fayth thereof THys mater which I haue hytherto treated vpon haue I not feyned of my selfe but taken it out of the mouthe and worde of God For god styred vp Moses to wryte and leaue behynde hym all the matter for our lernyng and knowlege Thys dyd now Moses wyth great faythfulnesse cōprehended all in foure bokes The fyrste is called the boke of the creation from the be gynnynge of the worlde vnto hys tyme of the creacion of