The Governance of Virtue, Part 2 · Section 1 – Section 2
Against Idolatry.
☞ If that olde enemy Satan goeth about to persuade thee, that there be …o gods then one resiste him with these Scriptures.
☞ Sentences out of the olde Testament.
I am the Lord thy God. Thou shal… Exo. 20hauehave none other gods in my sight.
Understand and marke wel that theDeut. 4 Lord he is God in heauen aboue, and vponupon the earth beneath, neither is therDeut. 6. any other God besides him. Here Israel, the Lord our god is one Lord.Deut. 32
Se howe that I, yea that I am the Lord and that there is no god but I.
Heare O my people I will chargePsal. 81 thee, O Israell, that if thou wilt her…en vntounto me, there shall no straunge god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god. For I am the Lord thy God.
I am the lord, & there is none other.Esay 4…
I am the Lord, & there is els none, It is I that created light and darknes I make peace and trouble, yea euen I the Lord do all these thynges.
Am not I the Lord? is there any god but I? A god that is righteous, & such one as saueth, ther is none besides me.
Turne vntounto me all ye coastes of the worlde and ye shalbe saued, for I am God, and there is els none.
HaueHave we not all one Father? hathMal. … not one god made vsus?
☞ An example out of the old Testament.
Abrahā saw three, & worshipped oneGene. 8
☞ Sentences out of the newe Testament.
Thou shalte worshyp the Lord thyMath. 4 god, and him onelyonly shalt thou serue.
We hauehave but one god, whiche is the1. Cor. 8 Father, of whom are all thinges, and …e in him, and one Lord Iesus Christ by whom are al thinges, & we in him.
There is one Lord, one faith, one baEphe. 4. ptisme, one god, & father of all, whiche is aboue all, & thorow all, & in you all.
There is one god, and one mediatour1. Tim. 2. betwene god and man, euen the man Christ Iesu, which gaue him self a ra…nsome for all men.
There are three which beare recordIhon. 5. in heauen, the father, the worde, & the holy ghost. And these thre are one.
Agaynst infidelitie or misbelief.
IF Satan at any tyme moueth thee, vntounto in fidelitie or misbelief, either toward God or his woorde, by no meanes leane vntounto him, vnt agaynst hys temptation enarme thy selfwith these holy scriptures.
Sentences out of the old Testament.
If ye do not beleue, there shall noEsay. 7. promise be kept with you.
Thy eyes, O Lord, loke vponupon fayth.…. 5.
The righteous shall lyue by fayth.Abacu. 2.
I will mary thee vntounto me in faith, … Ose. 2.thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
The wrath of y• Lord came vponupon IPsalm. 78 raell, because they beleued not in god, nor trusted not in his sauing health.
The Lorde doth appeare vntounto themS…pi. 2 that hath fayth in him.
Wo be to the dissolute in hart, thatEccle. … ▪ …eleue not god, & therefore shall they not be defended of him.
In all thy woorkes put thy trust inEccle. 3… ▪ god from thy whole harte, for that is the kepyng of the commaundements. Who so beleueth gods worke taketh …ede to the commaundementes: and he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall want nothyng.
Examples out of the olde Testament.
Abrahā beleued god, & it was reckenedGene. 15. vntounto hym for righteousnesse.
Dauid beyng a younge man and of1. Reg 17. …itle stature thorow fayth in the name of the Lord of hoastes, fought with that proude monstruous gyante Go…iath the Philistine, and slue him.Dan. … ▪
Sidrach Misach, and Abdenago thorow faith, chosed rather to be cast into a whote burnyng fornace, then at the kyngs commaundement to cōmit Ido latry, and to worship straunge gods.
Daniel thorowe faith wished ratherDan. … ▪ to be cast quicke into the denne of Lyons, then by the space of thyrty dayes, not to pray vntounto the Lord his god, according to the kings commaundemēt.
☞ Sentences out of the new Testament.
He that beleueth & is baptised shalbeMat. 16. saued. But he that beleueth not, shalbe condempned.
As many as receaued christ he gaueIohn. 1 them power to be the sonnes of god, in that they beleue on his name.
As Moses lifted vp the serpent in theIhon. 3. wildernes: so must the sonne of mā be lyfted vp, ye so many as beleue in him may not perishe, but hauehave euerlastyng lyfe. For god hath so dearely beloued the world, that he gaue his onelyonly begot ten sonne, that euerye one that beleueth in him, may not perishe, but hauehave euerlastyng lyfe.
He that beleueth in y• sonne of god, is not condempned. But he that beleueth not, is already condempned, because he hath not beleued in the name of the onelyonly begotten sonne of god.
He that beleueth in the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe, but he that beleueth not in the sonne, shall not see lyfe, but the wrath of god abideth vponupon him.
This is the wil of him that sent meIohn. 6▪ that euerye one that seeth the sonne & beleueth on hym, should hauehave euerlastyng lyfe, and I will rayse hym vp at the last day.
I am the resurrectiō and life, he thatIhon. 1…. beleueth in me, although he wer dead yet shall he lyue, and eueryevery one that ly ueth and beleueth in me, shall not dye euerlastyngly.
Ye beleue in god, beleue also in me,Ihon. 14. sayth Christ.
Be i… knowē vntounto you, ye mē & breActes. 89. thren, that thorow the name of Christ is preached vntounto you ye forgeuenes of sinnes, and that by him are all that beleue▪15. iustified from all thynges, from the whiche ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses.
With fayth doth God purifie oureActes. 1… heartes.
The ryghteousnes that is alowedRom. … ▪ before god cōmeth by the faith of Iesu… Christ vntounto all, & vponupon all that beleue
We beyng iustified by fayth are atRom. …. peace with god, thorow our lord Iesu christ by whom we hauehave a way in, tho row faith vntounto this grace, wherin we stand, and reioyce in hope of the prayse that shalbe geuen of god.
Christ is the perfect fulfillyng of theRom 10. law, to iustifie eueryevery one y• beleueth.
If yu wilt knowledge with thy mouthEsay. 28. that Iesus is the lord, and beleue with thy hart, that God raiseth hym from death, thou shalt be saued. For the belief of the hart iustifieth, and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe. For ye scripture saith: who soeuer beleueth on him, shall not be ashamed.
What soeuer is not of faith is sinne.…m. 14.
All ye are sonnes of god, because ye…lla. 3. hauehave beleued in Christ Iesu.
In Christ Iesu neither is circūcision…la. 4. any thing worth, nor vncircumcision, but fayth whiche worketh by louelove.
By grace are ye saued thorow fayth,…e. …. ye & that not of your selues. It is the gift of god, & commeth not of workes, because no man should boast him selfe.
Aboue all thinges take vntounto you the…. …. shielde of fayth wherby ye may be able to quēch al the fire dartes of the deuil.Heb. 11.
Without fayth it is not possible to please god. For he that commeth vntounto god, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder to thē that seke him.
Be ye sover and watch, for your aduersary1. Pet. 5. the deuil goeth about like a ro aryng Lyon, seking whom he may deuour, whom see that ye resiste with a strong fayth.
This is the victory whiche ouercom meth the world, euen our fayth.
☞ Examples out of the new Testament.
The woman that was diseased byMath. 9. the space of. 12. yeares of the bloudy issue, thorow fayth was made whole.
The woman of Canane thoroweMath. 15. faith, obtayned of Christ health for her daughter.
The father of the childe possessed wt Mar. 9.a deuill from his childhoode, obtayned of Christ thorowe fayth, perfect health for his sonne.
Bartimeus the blynd man thorowMar. 1…. fayth recouered his sight.
A certayne sinfull woman thoroweLuke. 7 fayth obtayned of Christ forgeuenesse of all her sinnes.
The Apostles of Christ thorow faithActes. 5 notwithstāding y• hye priests cōmaūdment, continued in the preachyng of Christes gospel, and both paciētly, ioy fully, & thākefully, suffered al kinds of displeasure for y• name of y• Lord Iesu. Rede ye. 11. chap. of the Epistle vntounto the Hebrues, where thou shalt fynd plēty of examples concernyng this matter.