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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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1 This Petition [THY VVIL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN] is the third in order of those whereof we have spoken, because that no man doth obey the will of God, being made known and commanded, save only those, who acknowledge God for their king.
1 THis Petition [THY VVIL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN] is the third in order of those whereof we haue spoken, because that no man doth obey the will of God, being made known and commanded, saue onely those, who acknowledge God for their king.
2 The sum or scope of this Petition is, that the will of God may be performed upon earth by men, who know the same, and love it from their hearts, as it is done by the blessed Angels in heaven.
2 The summe or scope of this Petition is, that the will of God may be performed vpon earth by men, who know the same, and loue it from their hearts, as it is done by the blessed Angels in heauen.
3 The equity of it, is understood by the preface: For God is said to be in Heaven, which signifieth power and authority, and to be our Father, both in regard of the first creation of all men, and also, of the redemption of the regenerate; whence it followeth, that we being his servants and sons, are bound to know & willingly to practise the will of our Lord and Father.
3 The aequitie of it, is vnderstoode by the praeface: For God is said to bee in Heauen, which signifieth power and authoritie, and to be our Father, both in regard of the first creation of al men, and also, of the redemption of the regenerate; whence it followeth, that we being his seruants and sonnes, are bound to know & willingly to practise the will of our Lord and Father.