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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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2 Man is neither the body, nor the soul, severally considered, but composed of both, that is, of soul and body joined together by a most straight, and most loving band.
2 Man is neither the bodie, nor the soule, seuerallie considered, but composed of both, that is, of soule and bodie joined together by a most straight, and most louing band.
3 The truth of Gods word doeth witness, that there was but one man created at the first, who was to be the original of all other men. And so, all those that proceeded from him, should be tied together by a common bond of blood. We do then reject the opinion of such Philosophers, as have denied, one certain man to have had his beginning first of all other.
3 The truth of Gods worde doeth witnes, that there was but one man created at the first, who was to bee the originall of all other men. And so, all those that proceded from him, should be tyed together by a common bond of blood. Wee doe then reject the opinion of such Philosophers, as haue denied, one certaine man to haue had his beginning first of all other.
4 The body of that first man, was formed by God of the dust of the earth: that is, as we interpret it, of the four elements: that it should not be a grave of the soul, as PLATO thought, but a most excellent and a most meet instrument to perform the faculties of the mind.
4 The bodie of that first man, was formed by God of the dust of the earth: that is, as wee interprete it, of the foure elements: that it should not be a graue of the soule, as PLATO thought, but a most excellent and a most meete instrument to performe the faculties of the minde.