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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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Section 8: THE EIGHT SORT OF PRINCIPLES, CONCERNING THE VVILL OF GOD.
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.
3 And in this latter regard, it is also considered two manner of ways: either as it is a decree certain, and known only unto God, which we may call [Greek or Hebrew],1 or else as far, as he is made known unto men, either by commanding, or forbidding in the divine scriptures, and specially in his law, or otherwise by permitting, and working in the creatures.
3 And in this latter regard, it is also considered two manner of waies: either as it is a decree certaine, and knowen onely vnto God, which we may call 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,1 or els as farre, as he is made known vnto men, either by commanding, or forbidding in the deuine scriptures, and speciallie in his lawe, or otherwise by permitting, and working in the creatures.
- 1His unchangeable purpose.His vnchangeable purpose.
4 For although the essence of God, and therefore also his will be most simple; yet we deny not the same to be manifold, both in respect of the things which, and of the manner how it willeth those things to be.
4 For although the essence of God, and therefore also his wil be most simple; yet we deny not the same to be manifold, both in respect of the things which, and of the maner howe it willeth those things to be.