Christ offred hymselfe for vs.

Christ bare our sinnes on hys backe.

Christ came into thys world to saue sinners.

Christ came into thys world to take away our sinnes.

Christ was the price that was geuē for vs & our sinnes.

Christ was made debtour for vs.

Christ hath payd our debt, for he dyed for vs.

Christ made satisfaction for vs and our sinnes.

Christ is our rightuousnes.

MarginaliaGalat. 1.
Esay. 53.
1. Tim. 1.
1. Ioh. 3.
1. Tim. 2.
Rom. 8.
Colo. 2.
1. Cor. 7.
1. Cor. 1.
1. Cor. 1.
Ephe. 2.
Rom. 5.
1. Cor. 3.
Coloss. 2.
1. Ioh. 1. Christ is our sanctification.

Christ is our redemption.

Christ is our peace.

Christ hath pacified the father of heauen for vs.

Christ is ours and all his.

Christ hath deliuered us frō the law, from the deuill, and from hell.

The father of heauen hath forgeuen vs our sinnes, for Christes sake. Or any such other, like to the same, which declare vnto vs the mercy of God.

MarginaliaRom. 3.
Iohn. 1.
Rom. 7.
Coloss. 1.
Rom. 4.
Act. 14. 20.
Deut. 27.
Luke. 2.
Rom. 7.
Ephe. 6. THe law sheweth vs our sinne.

The Gospell sheweth vs remedy for it.

The law sheweth vs our condemnation.

The Gospell sheweth vs our redemption.

The law is the word of Ire.

The Gospell is the word of grace.

The law is the word of dispayre.

The Gospell is the word of comfort.

The law is the word of vnrest.

The Gospell is the worde of peace.

MarginaliaThe contrary operation of the law, and of the Gospell. THe law sayth, paye thy dette.

The Gospell sayth, Christ hath payd it.

The law saith, thou art a sinner, despayre and thou shalt be damned.

The Gospell sayth thy sinnes are forgeuen thee, be of good comfort, thou shalt be saued.

The law sayth, make amendes for thy sinne.

The Gospell sayth, Christ hath made it for thee.

The law sayth, the father of heauen is angry with thee.

The Gospell sayth, Christ hath pacified him with hys bloud.

The law sayth, where is thy rightuousnes, goodnes, and satisfaction.

The Gospell sayth, Christ is thy rightuousnes, thy goodnes, and satisfaction.

The law sayth, thou art bound and obliged to me, to the deuill, and to hell.

The Gospell sayth, Christ hath deliuered thee from them all.

MarginaliaThe doctrine of fayth. FAith is to beleue God, lyke as Abrahā beleued God, and it was imputed vnto him for rightuousnes.

To beleue God, is to beleue his word and to recount it true that he sayth.

He that beleueth not Gods word beleueth not GOD hymselfe.

He that beleueth, not Gods word he counteth hym false & a lyer, and beleueth not that he may & wil fulfill his word, & so he denyeth both the might of God, and God hym selfe.

MarginaliaThe 9. proposition.

¶ Fayth is the gift of God.

MarginaliaThe 10. proposition.

¶ Fayth is not in our power.

MarginaliaThe 11. proposition. ¶ He that lacketh fayth, can not please God.

Without fayth, it is impossible to please God. Rom. 14. All that commeth not of fayth, is sinne, for without fayth can no man please God. Heb. 11.

MarginaliaAn argument called Inductio. He that lacketh fayth, trusteth not God: he that trusteth not GOD, trusteth not his word: he that trusteth not his word, holdeth him false & a lyer: he that holdeth him false and a lyer, beleueth not that he may do that he promiseth, and so denyeth he, that he is God.

Ergo, a primo ad vltimum, he that lacketh fayth, can not please God.

If it were possible for any man to do all the good dedes that euer were done, either of men or aungels: yet beyng in this case, it is impossible for him to please God.

MarginaliaThe 12. proposition. ¶ All that is done in fayth, pleaseth God.

Right is the word of God, and all hys workes in fayth. Psal. 33.

Lord thyne eyes looke to fayth: that is as much to say, as Lord thou delightest in fayth. Iere. 5.

MarginaliaThe 13. proposition. ¶ He that hath fayth, is iust and good.

MarginaliaThe 14. proposition. ¶ He that hath fayth, and beleueth God, can not displease hym.

MarginaliaInductio. He that hath fayth, beleueth GOD: he that beleueth God, beleueth his word: he that beleueth his word, wotteth well that he is true and faythfull, and may not lye, knowyng that he both may and will fulfill his word.

Ergo, a primo ad vltimum, he that hath fayth, can not displease God: neither can any man do a greater honour to God, then to count him true.

MarginaliaObiection. Thou wilt then say, that theft, murther, aduoutry, and all vices, please God.

MarginaliaAunswere. Nay verely, for they can not be done in fayth: for a good tree beareth good fruite. Math. 7. 12.

MarginaliaThe 15. proposition.
A definition of fayth. Heb. 11. ¶ Fayth is a certeinty or assurednes.

Fayth is a sure confidence of thynges which are hoped for, and certeintie of thynges which are not sene. Heb. 2.

The same spirite certifieth our spirite, that we are the childrē of God. Rom. 8. Moreouer, he that hath fayth, wotteth well that God will fulfill his word. Wherby it appeareth, that fayth is a certeinty or assurednes.

MarginaliaIustification by fayth. ABraham beleued God and it was imputed vnto him for rightuousnes. Rom. 4.

We suppose therfore that a man is iustified by fayth with out the deedes of the law. Rom. 3. Galat. 2.

He that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the wicked, his fayth is counted to hym for rightuousenes. Rom. 4.

The iust man liueth by his fayth. Abac. 2. Rom. 1.

We wotte that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the law, but by the fayth of Iesu Christ: and we beleue in Iesu Christ, that we may be iustified by the fayth of Christ, & not by the dedes of the law. Gal. 2.

THe fayth of Christ is to beleue in him, that is, to beleue his word, and to beleue that he will helpe thee in all thy neede, and deliuer thee from all euill.

Thou wilt aske me, what worde? I aunswere, the Gospell.

He that beleueth in Christ, shalbe saued. Mark. 16.

He that beleuth the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe. Iohn. 3.

Verely I say vnto you, hee that beleueth in me, hath euerlastyng lyfe. Iohn. 6.

This I write vnto you, that you beleue on the sonne of God, that ye may know how that ye haue eternall lyfe. 1. Iohn. 5.

Thomas, because thou hast sene me, therfore hast thou beleued. Happy are they that haue not sene, and yet haue beleued in me. Iohn. 22.

All the Prophetes to him beare witnes, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall haue remission of their sinnes. Actes. 10.

What must I do that I may be saued? The Apostles aunswered: Beleue in the Lord Iesus Christ, & thou shalt be saued. Act. 16.

If thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is he Lord, and beleuest with thine hart that God raysed hym vp from death, thou shalt be safe. Rom. 10.

He that beleueth not in Christ, shall be condemned.