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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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2 Seeing all things in the Church of God, ought to be done orderly, and that the Church is gathered out of all ⟨p. 154⟩people and nations, the parts as it were of the Catholic or universal church, were not without cause divided, which parts, we call particular churches.
2 Seeing all things in the Church of God, ought to be done orderlie, and that the Church is gathered out of all ⟨p. 154⟩people and nations, the parts as it were of the Catholicke or vniuersal church, were not without cause deuided, which parts, we call particular churches.
3 Whereas this division, was by little and little framed, according to the example of the Provinces and Dioceses, or several jurisdictions of the Romaine Empire, as both the thing it self, and also, the very names do show: it seemed indeed, to have been done upon some colour of reason, but it had a most ill issue: and we affirm, that this is it, that JOHN in the Revelation, doth mean by the image of the Beast.
3 Whereas this diuision, was by little and little framed, according to the example of the Prouinces and Diocesses, or seuerall jurisdictions of the Romaine Empire, as both the thing it selfe, and also, the very names doe shew: it seemed indeed, to haue beene done vpon some colour of reason, but it had a most ill issue: and wee affirme, that this is it, that IOHN in the Reuelation, doth meane by the image of the Beast.