10. Lastly, that this article alone is needful to be inwardly believed, may be most evidently proved out of many places of holy Scripture, let who will be the interpreter. John v. 39: _Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me._ But Christ meant the Scriptures of the Old Testament only; for the New was then not yet written. Now, there is no other testimony concerning Christ in the Old Testament, but that an eternal king was to come in such a place, that he was to be born of such parents, that he was to teach and do such things whereby, as by certain signs, he was to be known. All which testify this one thing; that Jesus who was so born, and did teach and do such things, was the Christ. Other faith then was not required to attain eternal life, besides this article, John xi. 26: _Whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die._ But to believe in Jesus, as is there expressed, is the same with believing that Jesus was the Christ. He therefore that believes that, shall never die; and by consequence, that article alone is necessary to salvation. John xx. 31: _These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through his name._ Wherefore he that believes thus, shall have eternal life; and therefore needs no other faith. 1 John iv. 2: _Every spirit, that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God._ And 1 John v. 1: _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God._ And verse 5: _Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?_ If therefore there be no need to believe anything else, to the end a man may be _of God, born of God, and overcome the world_, than that Jesus is the Christ; that one article then is sufficient to salvation. Acts viii. 36-37: _See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God._ If then this article being believed with the whole heart, that is to say, with inward faith, was sufficient for baptism; it is also sufficient for salvation. Besides these places, there are innumerable others, which do clearly and expressly affirm the same thing. Nay, wheresoever we read that our Saviour commended the faith of any one, or that he said, _thy faith hath saved thee_, or that he healed any one for his faith’s sake; there the proposition believed was no other but this, _Jesus is the Christ_, either directly or consequently. [Sidenote: In this article is contained the faith of the Old Testament.]