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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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They err therefore, who hold that unbelievers do receive the thing signified, that is Christ, together with the signs.
They erre therefore, who hold that vnbeleuers do receaue the thing signified, that is Christ, together with the signes.
And they also do over-wickedly abuse the Sacraments, who administer them to things without life.
And they also doe ouer-wickedlie abuse the Sacramentes, who administer them to thinges without life.
14 The change of the signs in the Sacraments, is not natural, but respective by virtue of the commandment of GOD: for the signs are changed, not in respect of their nature, but only in regard of their use: namely, whereas the things which before were common, are by Gods commandment become the signs of heavenly things: and this is the consecration of the Sacrament.
14 The change of the signes in the Sacramentes, is not naturall, but respectiue by vertue of the commandement of GOD: for the signes are chaunged, not in respect of their nature, but onelie in regarde of their vse: namelie, whereas the things which before were common, are by Gods commandement become the signes of heuenlie thinges: and this is the consecration of the Sacrament.