¶ Brethren, I speake after the maner of men, though it be but a mannes testament, yet yf it be allowed, no manne dispiseth it, or addeth any thyng therto. To Abraham and his seede were the promises made, he sayth not in his seedes, as manye: but in thy seede, as of one, whiche is Christe.
But to the intent ye shall the better vnderstand this, loe a worldly and familiar example. For thoughe betwixt god and man, there be no compa∣rison, yet a mannes testamente and couenaunte, when it is once allowed and ratified, no manne either breaketh, or putteth any thyng to it, contra∣ry to the wyll of the maker: howe muche more stable and sure then should the couenauntes and promises of god be? God promised Abraham a bles∣syng, whiche by his seede all nacions of the worlde shoulde haue. Wher∣in it is to be obserued and marked, that scripture sayde not seedes, but seede, leste we by Dauid, Moses, or any other myght loke to haue goddes promise, but in his wordes noted the only seede, and the verye seede of the euerlastyng Abraham, whiche is Iesus Christe, into whome throughe baptisme and throughe the receyuyng of the spirite, we throughe him loke for the same gyftes, whiche god hath already gyuen vnto hym.