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...lineage? Lod. I think truly that we would not believe. Vred. Nevertheless, Abraham was the Father of believers, so that the Abrahamic faith is necessary if we wish to be saved. That is now said of faith in the Father. But let us come to the Son. I believe that we shall believe even much less, for I do not mean that to be faith (as many now imagine) which is believing that Jesus has done and suffered the things that are written of Him, for the Duuelen devils also have that faith. James 2:19 But I speak of true, living, and powerful faith, to which all things are possible, that also can move mountains, of which the Lord speaks thus: "The signs that shall follow those who have believed are these: They shall cast out devils in my name, speak with new tongues, drive away serpents, and if they shall have drunk anything deadly, it shall not harm them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall be well." Mark 16 Tell me now, Lodewyck, do these signs follow your faith? Lod. Nothing less. Vred. How do you then have faith? Lod. But they say that no miraculen miracles are needed now. Vred. Neither do I demand such now; so too were these not upon everyone, for Paulus Paul says: "Do they all perform miracles? Do they all have the gift of healing? Do they all speak with tongues?" 1 Cor. 12 But that I do demand, which Petrus Peter demanded: Obtain (says he) power in your faith, for it is truly...