¶A compendy­ouse Somme of the very Christen relygyon: gathered faythfully out of holy scripture: necessary for all them that rede the olde and new Te­stament.

¶Thys is my derely beloued sonne / for whose sake onely I am apeased: hym se that ye heare and obaye.

Esai. xlij. a. Mat. xiij. b. iij. c. &. xvij. a. Mar. j. b. &. ix. a. Luc. iij. d. &. ix. e. ij. Pe. i. c.

¶Trāslated by George Ioye the yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxv. In Septembre.

Fyrst of all / theGod. holy Byble wrytē Deut. vi. i. Timo. ii. Gene. xvii Exod i. xv. Genesis. i. Psal. iii. Exodi. iii. Jeremi. ix. Roma. ix. i. Cori. xii. Roma. ix. Esaie. xiv. Jere. xviii. techeth vs / yt there is but one God al­myghty / for all alone sufficyent / hauynge nether begyn­nynge nor endynge / which of his owne mercyable goodnes with his worde created all thynges / of whome all thynges procede / withoute whom there is no thyng / he is iuste and mercyfull / it is he that worketh all thinges in euery thynge accordynge vnto hys godly wyll: vnto whō it is not laufull to saye / wherfore doist thou thus or thus?

¶Furthermore / The cre [...]cion of [...]an. it is to be knowen and constantly to be beleued / Genesis. i. this same our God [Page] almyghty to haue had crea­ted Adam the fyrst man ac­cording vnto the ymage and symylitude conceyued in his mynde / and to haue had constytute hym the lorde ouer all the creatures in the erth.Sapien. ii Roma. v. The whiche Adam thorow the enuy of the deuyll / Synue dyso­baying the precept of his maker / became fyrst of all men synner / & brought in synne into thys worlde / yea & such one and so greuouse a synne / that we all / which haue ben brought forth and begotē of hym after the flesshe / be sub­iectes & bond men to synne / to deth & damnacyō / redacte and captyued euē vnder the tyrānouse yoke of the deuyll.Ephesi. ii.

It is also to be ꝑfitly knowē [Page] and stedfastly to be beleued / that of God the father / oure sauyour Jesus Chryste hys sonne was promysed vnto ye sayd Adam / vnto Abraham Isaac / Jacob / Dauyd / and vnto the other fathers to de­lyuer them from synne and from the tyrannye of the de­uyll / & not only them but vs also / & as many as lyke thē with a perfayte and lyuely fayth truste and cleaue vnto thys promyse and vnto this same Jesu Chryst / whyche hope & beleue to obtayne this delyueraunce / is of hym and thorow hym only.Chryst was promysed vn­to vs. Thys promyse is often tymes repetedGenesis. iii xii. xxvi. v xxviii and reherced in the bokes ofHabre. ii. the olde Testament: ye & euē that same olde Testament is [Page] the very self couenaunt and promis:The old & newe Testa­ment. none otherwise then this called the new testamēt techeth vs y same promys now to be fulfylled.

¶But yet whyle this helth & deliueraūce then promised was wayted & loked for of the fathers / the law the lawe wher­by synne myght be knowen was geuen. For verely / such is the nature & dysposycyon of man that not onely he cannot / but also he wyll not ac­knowledge & confesse hym self to be a synner / & namely that same synner whyche hath nede of this so holy & holsom a promyse.Exo. xi [...]. [...] Rom. iii. v. The lawe ther­fore was geuē of God wherby men myght knowe what thyng synne is: ye & that thē [Page] selues to be very synners: seyng them selues with glad & redy will / whiche God re­quyreth to do nothyng that the lawe cōmaundeth / but rather with an euyll wyll without loue / but constray­ned there vnto by fere of hell & payne which the lawe threteneth / saying:Deu. xxvii Cursed be he that is not permanēt whole & fast cleuyng vnto the com­maundementes of the lawe to performe thē in very dede.Galat. iii. Thys law therfore (I saye) was geuē / that therby synne and the malyce of mannes hert once knowen / mē shuld the more feruētly thyrste for the cōmyng of Christ / which shuld redeme them frō theyr synnes: as it was fygured [Page] vnto the Jewes by dyuerse ceremonyes / oblacyons / & sacrifyces prescribed & set forth of God before theyr eyes: not that these thinges shuld take away theyr synnes / but that they shuld admonysshe and teche them to be taken away in tyme to come by fayth / Hebr. [...]& by that sauyng helth promysed in Chryst: which ceremonyes / oblacyons. &c. are now abolysshed & gone by the cō ­myng of Christ / Mat. xvii. Joan. i▪ which is ye very sacrifyce & oblacyō only yt apeaced the fathers wrath & toke awaye all synne.

¶At the last / Chryst our sauiour is come. we are taught by the bokes of the new Te­stamēt which are the second part of the Bible:Luce. ii. Galat. iiii. Ephesy. i. Roman. v▪ Tit [...]. iii. Ephesi. ii. Roma. v. that Christ then promised & figured in y [Page] olde Testamēt was sent vs of the father at the tyme de­termyned & appoynted with hym self / Joan. i. Esai. liii. i. Joan. ii. ii. Petri. [...]i. Luc. i. Hebreo. ii. that is to wete euē when all iniquyte and synne most aboūded & flowed ouer all. He was not sent for that any man by hys owne good dedys had deserued his commyng (for all were synners) but because he beyng so trew of hys promyse wolde geue vs the plentuouse ryches of his grace & fauour which he had promysed vs. In ye new testamēt therfore it is playnly entreted & wrytē / that Jesus Christ the very lambe veryly offred vp is come / The lāb sacrify­ed vp for vs. to re­concyle vs vnto our father / paying vpō the crosse ye pay­nes dewe for our synnes / to [Page] delyuer vs oute of the bon­dage of the deuyll (whō we serued in synne) & to get vs to be the chyldern of God / Our peace geuyng vs the very peace & trā quyllyte of mynd / Roma. v. Joā. iii. vi. that hence forthe we fere no more hell / whiche fere is put awaye by fayth / Fayth. confydēce / & ferme ad­sured trust whiche out fa­ther geueth vnto vs allew­ryng & drawyng vs vnto his sonne. For fayth is the gyft of God / whereby we beleue Chryst to haue had comen in to thys world to saue the synners / i. Timot. i. i. Joan. iii. which fayth is of such power & of so grete effycacy yt who so haue it / they wyll couer & desyre to do & perfor­me accordyng to ye ensample of Christ all the offyces and [Page] dedys of charyte.ii. Cori. i. [...] For fayth once receyued / God geueth hys holy spirit / The holy gost. by whom he cōseygneth and marketh all that beleue / whiche spirit is the pledge & (as ye wold say) the ernest peny certifying vs to possede that lyfe eternall / ye and he testifyeth vnto our herte & spirit / graffyng ther into suche a fayth that we are sure and certyfyed that we be the chyldern of God / ye spirit powrynge therwith into our inward man yt same chariteCharite & loue which Paule descrybeth & setteth forth vnto the Corynthiās.i. Cori. xiii. For thys faythis sake & confydence in Christ / which is effectuouse by charite / shewyng herselfe clerely in y wor [...]s of loue / [Page] excytyng and mouyng man vnto them. For this same fayth ꝭ sake (I saye) are we iustyfyed: that is to saye / the father of Christ (which also is become out father thorow Christ our brother) rekeneth vs for ryghtuouse & for hys owne chyldern of hys owne mere mercy and graciouse fauour not imputyng vnto vs our synnes.Justifi­cacyō or ryght­wysma­kynge. Hebreo. [...] ii. Corin. v

¶And to cōclude with fewe wordes ye shall knowe that Christ is now come to then­tent yt we thorow hym pour­ged & puryfyed from our synnes / that is to saye consecra­ted into the vse of the father to serue hym in good workꝭ the workes of our fleshe vt­terlyTit. i renounced / mought serueGood workes our san­ctifica­cyon [Page] hym frely in ryghtwys­nes & holynes all our lyfe lōg by good workes / which God hath prepared that we shuld walke in thē / declaryng our selues certaynly to be called vnto thys fauour / whyche workes who so haue thē not he sheweth him selfe to haue no fayth in Christ. [...] Ephe. [...]

¶Unto whom we muste drawenye / and with a glad mynde folowe hym:Math. x [...]. xxiii. Chryst [...] oure master. that he myght teche vs / for he is our master bothe myld & homble in herte.Joan. xviii Ephes. v [...] It is he that is our ensample / of whō we ought to lerne the forme & rule to lyue well.i. Petri. ii. Hebr. iiii. [...] He is also our hy­ghest preste and bishop / that is to saye our herdman / dilygently waytyng and lokyng [Page] vpō vs / vysytyng vs to fed [...] faythfully & louyngly with hys worde / he is our onely medyatour / which now sit­teth at ye ryght hād of God ye father / praying incessauntly for vs / which doutelesse will obtayne what so euer we as­ke of the father by hym or in hys name / so longe as we thus askynge beleue that he wyll graūt it vs / for so hath he promised. [...] Medyatour a­lone. Hebr. xii. i. Joan. ii. Roma. vi. Joan. xiiii. Hebr. iiii. Joā. xiiii. v Mat. xxi. c. Mar. xi. c. Let vs not therfore doute / all be it at any ty­me we be synners / to steppe forthe and come nyghe vnto hym with confidence & trust with a lyuely & constāt fayth & beleue to obtayne mercy & grace.i. Timot. i. For doubtlesse therfore is he come / euen to saue syn­ners / nether doth he ask any [Page] thyng els of vs / thā that we shulde boldely go vnto hym.Mat. x [...] The iu­gement

¶This same verely is christ Jesus / whiche after that he hath with the breath of hys mouth slayne y synfull man / he shall sit into hys gloryouse maiestye to iudge all men / & to rewarde euery man ac­cordyng as he hath here ly­ued in hys owne body / whe­ther it be good or euyll / sayīg vnto them that shall stande at hys ryght hand:ii. Thes. ii. ii. Corin. v Mat. xxv. Lyfe e­uerla­stynge. Come ye blessed chyldren of my father & possede you thys kyngdom prepared for you from the begynnyng of the worlde. But vnto thē which shalbe at his left hād / shall he say: auoyde fro me ye cursed / & go into yt fyre euerlastynge whiche is [Page] prepared for the deuyll & hys aungels. Then shall there be an ende of thys worlde / & he shall delyuer the kyngdō vn­to God the father / (the kyngdom is here takē for the hole nomber of the elect)i. Corin. xv

¶To thentente we myght knowe thys thyng / the holy scripture in the Byble / by the goodnes of God thorow hys holy spirit is left & geuen vs:ii. Petri. i. yt we mought know / I saye / & beleue / that ther is but one God for all alone suffycyent / & Jesus Christ whō he hath sent vs:Joan. xvi [...] &. xx. so that we thus beleuynge mought haue in the name & for the glorye of hym lyfe euerlastyng.

¶Besydys this grounde & foundacion of all Christen relygyon / i. Corin. ii [...]. [Page] there maye noman laye any other: ye and saynt Paul desyreth hym to be ac­cursed & separated from God that wyll preche any other fayth & saluaciō then thorow Jesus Christ only:Galat. i. all be it he were an aungell out of heuē.

¶For of hym / & by hym / & in hym are all thynges:Roma. ii. vnto whō with the father & holy gost be honour & glorye for euer & euer. Amen.

¶Come vnto me all you yt labour & are oppressed with the heuy burdē of synne / & I shall ease & refreshe you.Matth. xi.

¶Imprynted at London in Fletestrete by John̄ Byddell dwellyng at the sygne of the Sonne. An. M.D. & .xxxv.

¶Cum Priuilegio Regali.

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