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Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of GenevaPropositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua
Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of Geneva, by certain students of divinity there, under M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthony Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodical summary, or epitome of the common places of divinity. Translated out of Latin into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardly dealt with else-where, may appear in the English tongue.Propositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua, by certaine students of diuinitie there, vnder M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthonie Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodicall summarie, or epitome of the common places of diuinitie. Translated out of Latine into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardlie dealt vvith els-vvhere, may appeare in the English tongue.
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1591Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1591
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3 For the omnipotency is one way considered, when we speak of it, as God doth alway work in him self, & it is another way regarded, in respect that God worketh out of him self, and can work innumerable things, if it pleaseth him.
3 For the omnipotencie is one way considered, when we speake of it, as God doth alway worke in him selfe, & it is another way regarded, in respect that God worketh out of him selfe, and can worke innumerable thinges, if it pleaseth him.
4 For we hold, that God is omnipotent, in as much as, besides that, he is able to do whatsoever he will; he can both will and do innumerable things, which he will never, either will or do.
4 For wee hold, that God is omnipotent, in as much as, besides that, he is able to do whatsoeuer he will; he can both will and do innumerable things, which hee will neuer, either will or doe.
We do therefore condemn them, who say, that God is for no other cause omnipotent, but in as much, as he can without exception, work whatsoever can be, either spoken or imagined. And we do dislike of them, who think, that God is in that respect, only called omnipotent, because he can do only whatsoever he will: For his power is in it self infinite, whereas his will is as it were, bounded, within the very act of will.
We do therefore condemne them, who say, that God is for no other cause omnipotent, but in as much, as hee can without exception, worke whatsoeuer can bee, either spoken or imagined. And we doe dislike of them, who thinke, that God is in that respect, onely called omnipotent, because he can do onely whatsoeuer he will: For his power is in it selfe infinite, whereas his will is as it were, bounded, within the verie act of will.