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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 GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. XIII.
PRINCIPLES CONCERNING GOOD AND EVILL SPIRITS. XIII.
CONCERNING THE CREATION OF AL things in general, we have already spoken: now it followeth, that we deal of the things created in particular, and first of spiritual substances, as being the Creatures, that draw nearest unto the nature of God.
CONCERNING THE CREATION OF AL things in generall, we haue alreadie spoken: now it followeth, that we deale of the thinges created in particular, and first of spirituall substaunces, as beeing the Creatures, that draw neerest vnto the nature of God.
1 Spirits then are substances, created of nothing without bodies, and invisible; yet finite in regard of the propriety of their nature; good indeed, but so, as they were created by God, of a changeable goodness. Of this sort, are those which we call Angels, and the souls of men.
1 SPirits then are substances, created of nothing without bodies, and invisible; yet finite in regard of the proprietie of their nature; good indeed, but so, as they wer created by God, of a changeable goodnes. Of this sort, are those which we call Angels, and the soules of men.