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The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
18. Question.
I would have thee particularly to explain this definition unto me: & ⟨image 37⟩why thou shouldest call the sign an action, seeing neither the signs nor the things signified are actions.
I woulde haue thee particularly to explane this definition vnto me: & ⟨image 37⟩why thou shouldest call the signe an action, seeing neither the signes nor the things signified are actions.
Answer. Yea but certain kinds of signs are actions, as by & by I will declare. But admit it be no action whatsoever here fall out, yet notwithstanding this general word is set in this definition, because both the signs themselves & the things signified, are thereto referred, that doing that God hath commanded both they might be signs unto us, and those things might be bestowed unto us. Now the Sacrifice is also an holy action commanded to the church from above, but only so much differing from this, as there is difference betwixt to give, & to take. For in sacrifices, we offer somewhat; in the Sacraments, we receive somewhat. But hereof more hereafter.
Answeare. Yea but certayne kinds of signes are actions, as by & by I will declare. But admit it be no action whatsoeuer heere fall out, yet notwithstanding this generall woorde is set in this definition, because both the signes themselues & the thinges signified, are thereto referred, that doing that God hath commaunded both they might bee signes vnto vs, and those thinges might be bestowed vntoo vs. Now the Sacrifice is also an holy actiō commaunded to the church from aboue, but only somuch differing frō this, as there is difference betwixt to giue, & to take. For in sacrifices, we offer somwhat; in the Sacramentes, wee receaue somewhat. But hereof more hereafter.