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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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PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE SACRED MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH, WHERE THE DOCTRINE OF the Law & the Gospel are compared together. LXXII.
PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE SACRED MINISTERIE OF THE CHVRCH, VVHERE THE DOCTRINE OF the Law & the Gospel are compared together. LXXII.
1 WE have done with the true marks of the true Church: that is, with the truth of Gods word, Sacraments and Prayer: now because that all things are to be orderly done in the Church; it is meet that we set down, how these things ought to be administered.
1 VVEE haue done with the true markes of the true Church: that is, with the truth of Gods word, Sacraments and Praier: nowe because that all thinges are to bee orderlie done in the Church; it is meet that we set down, how these things ought to bee administred.
2 We hold that as the truth of all the sincere doctrine that doeth appertain unto eternal life; so also the true manner of the government of the Church, was given from above by the holy Ghost: both unto the Fathers before the Law, and to MOSES in the wilderness, and also unto the Apostles. And to be short, that this truth touching doctrine and government, was most faithfully & most fully set down both by MOSES and also by the Apostles.
2 We hold that as the truth of al the sinceare doctrine that doeth appertaine vnto aeternall life; so also the true manner of the gouernment of the Church, was giuen from aboue by the holie Ghost: both vnto the Fathers before the Lawe, and to MOSES in the wildernesse, and also vnto the Apostles. And to be short, that this truth touching doctrine and gouernment, was most faithfullie & most fullie set downe both by MOSES and also by the Apostles.