A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F.

9 Faith fyndeth in Iesus Christ, al that is necessary to saluation.

THis word ought to be expounded par¦ticularly, so that it maye be knowen whether by faythe wee doo apprehende suffycient remedye for to assure vs fully of eternall lyfe, according as is sayde, the a 1.1 iuste shall lyue by fayth. We say then that all that whiche letteth man to haue acquaintaunce with God, which is per∣fitly iust and good, lyeth in three poynts, in the whiche we fynde as many reme∣dies ready prepared, not in our selues but in Iesus Christ onely. So we haue nowe nothinge else b 1.2 of our owne, but Iesus Christ, and al that which he hath. Prouided alwayes that wée be by fayth vnited and conioyned with him as per∣takers of all his goodnes. For the which cause the Churche, that is to say, the as∣semble c 1.3 of the faythfull, is called the spowse of Iesus Christ her husbande, for to shewe the coniunction and communi∣on

which is betwéene Iesus Christ and those which by faith be ioyned with him, for in vertue of this coniunctiō and spy∣rytuall maryage by fayth, hee taketh all our miseries vpon him selfe, and we doo receyue all his treasures of hym by his pure goodnes and mercy, as followeth.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Roma. 1. Gala. 3.
• b 1.2

  Iohn. 17.
• c 1.3

  Roma. 7.