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A17218	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.; Alte Glaube. English	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1624 (1624)	STC 4073; ESTC S108889	66,495	116

seed promised afore may hereafter be borne of thee in his generation To this did Noe trust and was preserved of God through Christ Moreover when he was come out of the Arke he did sacrifice and thereby declared the thankfulnesse of his heart and beleeved how that he knew that he had all good of God which should also give him a seed that with sacrificing of himselfe should reconcile and pacific God For thus saith the Scripture Noe builded an Altar unto the Lord and tooke of all manner of cleane beasts and fowles and offered burnt sacrifice unto the Lord and the Lord smelled the sweet savour and said in his heart I will no more curse the earth for mans sake c. So saith Paul in the fifth to the Ephesians Walke yee in love like as Christ hath loved us and gaue himselfe for us an offering sacrifice of a sweet savour unto God Whereby every man may learne and see that the sweet smell of the outward sacrifice of Noe did not chiefly pacifie God and was pleasant but rather that through the bodily sacrifice was figured the sacrifice of Christ and for his sake he was mercifull unto the world For over Christ he said at Iordan when Christ was baptised This is my deare beloved Sonne in whom I am pacified or reconciled Besides this the Lord gave unto Noe certaine lawes but none other than even such as he had given to his fore-fathers and written in their hearts The first pertaineth to mariage and bringing up of children in the which is comprehended all that is written concerning nurture cleanlinesse and temperance of care and bringing up of children in the feare of God vertue obedience and learning The second forbiddeth violence and deceit namely that no man shall eat bloud For it is a figurative precept commanding that no man get his living by murther by oppressing the poore by usurie by extortion by falshood and deceit Moreover all things living were subdued unto him and all meats were permitted him In conclusion whatsoever concerned the love of God and their neighbour the same is here renued unto Noe and his children and required of them Of Noe came afterward all people yea among his three sonnes Iaphet Sem and Cham he had both the seed of God and of the froward serpent that is such as had respect unto God and them also that regarded the devill Of Cham came the Aegyptians Assyrians Babylonians by and from whom sprang idolatry offering to images and from whom false religion came up first and was brought in among other nations by the helpe of the old serpent as among the Greekes Romanes and other people By this it is good to understand that our holy Christian faith is elder than any other For here may we see clearely that after a thousand and certaine hundred yeeres almost in the eight hundreth or nine hundreth yeere came up the first beginning of the Heathens beleefe and offering to Images and yet came it of wicked cursed men For cursed Cham was the beginning of the Egyptians and Nimroth the ungodly extortioner and tyrant was the first founder of the kingdom of Babylon which kingdome with the building of a mighty tower set forth his pride Neverthelesse the hand of God declared it selfe immediatly as it is read in the eleventh chapter of Genesis Finally in the generation of Cham had the serpent great power howbeit in the posteritie of Iaphet also of whom the Almaines come and in the posteritie of Sem he had his issue likewise Of the progenie of Sem were borne Abraham Isaac and Iacob Gen. 11. And as it is said afore the sincere faith was somewhat darkned in Chaldea therefore did God call Abraham out from the idolatrie and renued with him the old true Christian faith begun with Adam and said Gen. 12. Get thee out of thy country and from thy kinred and from thy fathers house unto the land that I will shew thee and I will blesse thee and make a great nation of thee And in thee shall all the nations of the earth be blessed Item in the 22. chapter speaketh God yet more clearely and saith In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed This doth Paul declare in the third to the Galathians and saith In thy seed which is Christ Therefore was the same now another renewing of the promise of Christ the blessed seed For first was he promised unto Adam afterward was the promise renewed with Noe and now with Abraham And all this now is but one promise one Saviour and one faith Abraham also beleeved in Iesus Christ and was saved by faith For Iesus Christ saith himselfe in the eighth chapter of Iohn Abraham saw my day and rejoyced What is now the day of Christ but the clearnesse of the holy Gospell This light had he not bodily but saw it with the eyes of faith and the same made him joyfull and saved him For Christ is the true joy of troubled consciences Thus became Abraham the Father of all faithfull beleevers Rom. 4. And if we beleeve and doe as Abraham did then are we Abrahams children and shall rest with him in his bosome even in the kingdome of God Luke 13.28.16.22.19 Mat. 8.11 Paul also to the Galathians in the third chapter saith If ye be Christs then are ye Abrahams seed and heires according to the promise Out of this faith in Christ did Abraham Christian workes for with a good will left he his owne native country all Idols and all Images all misfortune hunger and miserie tooke he patiently he was not hard against Loth his nephew but did jeopard his body and life for the oppressed he was liberall mercifull and harborous he praied fervently unto God for the poore sinners he suffred oppression violence and wrong and for Gods sake also he thought to sacrifice and offer up his owne most dearely beloved sonne Isaac Finally there is no reasonable good christian worke but thou seest it in the life of Abraham Therefore to us also for an example of our faith and conversation he is set forth of the Lord himselfe his Apostles throughout the New Testament Here also is it manifest that our holy faith is elder than the Iewish faith For the Iewes doe boast themselves of the Circumcision and because they are called Iewes and Israel and that the Law the Priesthood and Gods service was given unto them And yet Gen. 15.6 and 17.1 and Rom. 4.18 it is evident that Abraham was Gods friend and justified or made righteous or ever he was circumcised For when he was circumcised he was 99. yeere old Gen. 17. Now was the promise made unto him many yeeres afore The Scripture also saith plainly Abraham beleeved God and the same was counted unto him for righteousnesse Gen. 15. So was it many yeeres after or ever Israel and Iuda was borne of

Looke from Adam And behold THE PROTESTANTS FAITH AND RELIGION EVIDENTLY PROVED OVT 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 SVMME 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 Iohn Haviland for Thomas Pavier and are to be sold at his shop in Ivie Lane 1624. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER HAving divers times observed with my selfe most Christian Reader that the doctrine of the Gospell which hath beene now freely preached these many yeeres amongst us in this our flourishing Common-wealth is yet daily and ordinarily by sundry persons charged with noveltie as which being an upstart were not of sufficient standing or antiquitie I thought it not amisse in this respect either for the confutation of the obstinate adversarie or for the comfort of the weake and simple professour of religion to publish and set forth this little worke of M r. Miles Coverdale who for his integritie of life and fame in learning and other excellent gifts was so renowmed in the Church of Christ in his age that I doubt not but that his onely name will be a sufficient credit with any man that is not maliciously disposed for the full allowance and well-liking of any such monument of his as he of pure zeale and good affection hath commended to us his posteritie By which travels of his as hee hath generally shewed himselfe a notable member in the Church of God so hath he thereby especially well deserved of this his native Countrey Wherefore not willing to detain thee from better matter I wish thee to use this booke to thy profit and with mee to give thanks to our mercifull Father for this valiant Souldier as also for other worthie Martyrs of his time which after the battell by themselves fought have by Gods providence left spirituall children I meane their good bookes to make a supply that Christs Church may bee encreased to the utter confusion and overthrow of Antichrist Farewell in the Lord. Miles Coverdale TO ALL CHRISTIAN Readers wisheth grace mercy and peace from God the Father through our Lord and onely Saviour IESVS CHRIST LIke as the Almighty eternall God three in persons and one in substance of his tender mercy and love not only created man at the beginning after his owne similitude and likenesse but also when he was lost most graciously redeemed him and brought him out of bond age Even so when man neither regarding his wonderfull creation nor his most deare redemption gropeth in darknesse in vice and blindnesse lieth in the Devils prison and goeth in the way of damnation God alway setteth up his light before him sendeth the message of his word unto him sheweth him what case he is in giveth him warning openeth the prison doore calleth him out of the Devils service telleth him what danger it is to be his bondman or servant unto sinne This doth God alway afore he punish and plague the world This I say hath ever beene the worke of God since the beginning as the stories and prophesies of all the holy Bible doe testifie And though we had no writing of Gods acts in times past yet hath he practised this same his wonderfull worke of mercy upon us So that like as we must needs confesse that we are created of God and redeemed by his only mercy in his deare Sonne Iesus Christ So can we not denie but we have heard his holy message had no lesse preachings and warnings of dangers to come than other have had afore our daies Yea even the same mercifull God that sent Noe to preach righteousnesse unto the wicked world and converted the Ninivites by his word in the ministration of the Prophet Ionas hath done even so with us in every condition And some thanks be unto him therefore hath bee brought out of darknesse into his wonderfull light and out of the devils service into the kingdome of his deare Sonne But alas and woe to this unthankfull world For like as a great number that be in prison of Satan will not come forth when they are called and the doore set open but goe on still stumbling in darknesse when the lanterne of light is offered them Even so if any play a wise mans part and doe as he is warned by Gods word hee shall have a sort of apish people a number of dizerds and scornfull mockers which because the man will not dance in the devils morrys with them nor keepe their company in the bondage of sinne and vice neither runne with them unto like confusion as S. Peter calleth it laugh him to scorne and bleare out their tongues at him even like fooles and cockscombs of the world And like as when a poore wretch commeth out of prison he shall have moe to stand gasing and gaping upon him than to doe him good or to helpe him to his fees Even so now that God of his mercy hath called us out of Satans prison and from the schoole of false doctrine my Lords foole with his companions standeth staring upon us and mocketh us because we sit not still with other prisoners There goeth a fellow of the new learning saith one there is one of these new-fangled Gospellers saith another that is one of the new brethren saith the third he followeth the new faith c. Wherefore in consideration hereof I have here set forth this booke partly because it sheweth the antiquitie and ancient age of our holy Christian faith and partly to give occasion unto all such as have received it not to be ashamed of it nor to shrinke from it for any opprobrious mockage or scornfull derision in this world The Apostle saith that the preaching or word of Christs crosse is foolishnesse to them that perish and that the thing which appertaineth to the spirit of God is foolishnesse to a carnall minded man Whereby like as we may learne that it is no new thing to be mocked and stared upon for holding with the doctrine that maketh so much of Christ his death and the true worshipping of God in the spirit even so may we see to the singular comfort of our conscience that no man mocketh us for it but such as perish and are carnally minded and that for all their derision and scorning it is yet the power of God 1 Cor. 1.18 and belongeth to his holy spirit 1 Cor. 2.14 and is not our owne doctrine neither of any other mans making This is now to us a comfort and consolation But because the world is angry with us for our faith and giveth us so euill report for teaching it it shall be expedient for us to declare what faith is and what faith we meane when we make mention thereof First

that he giveth unto us himselfe and all his riches cleanseth us feedeth and moystureth our soules with his flesh and bloud that he is at one with us and wee with him so that wee use and practise the Sacraments with a true faith For the outward enjoying of the Sacraments of it selfe alone doth not reconcile us with God but if they bee used with faith then as S. Peter saith Acts 15. through faith doth God purifie the hearts With the Sacraments pleased it him to leave behinde him a remembrance of his gifts and benefits to the intent that wee should never forget them but praise and thanke him therfore Moreover with visible Sacraments was it his will to gather us together and to marke us in his Church and people and to put us in remembrance of our dutie how we are one bodie together and ought to apply our selves to all righteousn●sse All which things are found at length in the Scriptures of the Apostles As for the Apostles they ministred the Sacraments diligently purely and simply and so without any addition distributed them unto the people of God Touching Baptisme there are many examples in the Acts of the Apostles The Supper of Iesus Christ had the Corinthians somewhat altered And when Paul pointed them againe to the true ordinance and right use he taketh the simple words and institution of Iesus Christ without any more addition and layeth those before them commandeth them to follow the same and holdeth him therewith well content 1 Cor. 11. And thus did the holy Apostles gather together all the Heathen people through the preaching of the Gospell and ministration of the Sacraments in the Church whose head is Christ in whom they are builded and preserved Moreover they did not load them sore with any ceremonies For in the Acts of the Apostles the second chapter where as a perfect shape of a right Christian Congregation is described wee have first the sending of the Apostles among whom Peter did first preach the Gospell that is to say repentance and forgivenesse of sins in Christ Iesus Then baptized hee them that were become the people of God Afterward followeth it that they which were become Christians continued in the doctrine of the Apostles in prayer in breaking of the bread in the fellowship Here are the right substantial points of the Christian Church sufficiently expressed the doctrine of amendment of life and remission of sinnes Baptisme the continuing and increasing in Christs doctrine prayer the holy Supper of the Lord and the fellowship that is love kindnesse and workes of mercie Now whereas Acts 15. it is ordained that the Heathen should eat no blood nor strangled it endured but for a time their meaning was thereby to avoid offending of the weake Otherwise have the Apostles everie where especially Paul verie earnestly exhorted men to continue by the doctrine that was shewed and delivered them and to be at a point in themselves to avoid such learning as was new and brought up by men because they lead men farre from the truth as we finde Col. 2.6 Philip. 3.15 1 Tim 4.6 and 6.2 and Tit. 1.9 And thus it is manifest that the Apostles taught all nations no new nor strange thing but even the same that they had received of the Lord. CHAP. XII A conclusion that this faith is the right true old faith which alway shall stand sure THis holy undefiled faith which the Lord planted and set up in all nations by the Apostles immediatly after the Apostles decease was sore attempted by sundry uncleane persons which brought up false customes and misbeleefes and made perillous sects Beside this also was it sore persecuted with the sword of tyrants But in all such dangers the truth overcame and had the victory For though the citizens of the devils citie according to the disposition of their Patriarke Cain did murder and although false Prophets brought up evill counsell yet the citie of God triumpheth and the bloud of innocent Abel and his brethren speaketh yet But after that the persecution was somewhat ceased and the persecutors sore and horribly punished for their bloudshedding the heresies also being well brought downe by faithfull shepherds in the same rest also was our holy faith not a little hurt For rest put away feare brought idle felicitie voluptuousnesse and fleshly seeking of riches and dominion and so through covetousnesse and ambition there was powred great poyson into the Church whereby religion sore decaied For while the Ministers of the word laboured more after riches than to performe their of●●ce and charge and to edifie the Church they were pleased with superstitiousnesse in stead of true religion Of this then followed it farther that the singlenesse of faith was forgotten new lawes made the old rites and customes either perverted or else utterly overthrowne and abused whereby men came farre from the doctrine and Christian ceremonies from the way of truth into errour foolishly and partly into ceremonies of idolatry Hereof commeth it that we have now the abomination of the Popes power of Pardons of Masses for the dead and quicke of merits power and intercession of Saints in heaven of worshipping their bones upon earth of Idols and vaine ornaments pompe and pride of the Church of hired singing and praying in the Temple and of the whole swarme of idle religions All which things with other moe like fondnesse are nothing but new alterations pervertings and contrary to all old ordinances having no ground in Gods word and are cleane against God though many hardnecked people are yet in a fury and brawle for such things and will make all the world beleeve that this their foolishnesse alteration and perverting of Gods ordinance is the old faith And yet wote they or will not know that their babling hath very little ground and that they if they considered the matter as it is are very naked and miserable And though this papisticall religion hath endured prevailed and triumphed now certaine hundred yeares yet hath God alway sent his faithfull servants and had a little holy flocke of his owne like as afore-time in the dayes of the iudges of the Kings of Iuda and Israel and in the captivity of Babylon though it was almost at the worst afore and at the comming of Christ Like as it is also with us the nigher the second comming of Christ the worse it is in the world Neverthelesse as I said afore God alway set forth his word and doth yet Contrarywise the Pope with his multitude and Mahumet with his as it seemeth and becommeth very Antichrists have hitherto undertaken to suppresse the old religion and to set up his owne ordinance unknowne to our fathers of old time to bring it into possession and under the name of God and his holy Church to spread it upon all Christendome For out of the acts and statutes of the Pope and his wanton spiritualty and out of the lawes of