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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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8 The soul of man is properly & truly called a soul, for that faculty which is in beasts and plants, is by reason of the scarcity of words so called of the Latins. For seeing the same doth not subsist of it self, & that it is nothing else, but a power arising out of the properties of the matter & form; it scant retaineth the name of a being, much less deserveth to be called a soul.
8 The soule of man is properlie & trulie called a soule, for that facultie which is in beasts and plants, is by reason of the scarcity of words so called of the Latines. For seeing the same doth not subsist of it self, & that it is nothing els, but a power arysing out of the properties of the matter & forme; it scant retaineth the name of a being, much lesse deserueth to be called a soule.
9 The soul of man is of a spiritual and not of a bodily nature, subsisting by it self: not unadvisedly made of moats, not a fire, or any other of the four elements, or yet any thing compact of the elements, not any number, not an harmony, not any faculty brought forth out of the matter: briefly, not any part, cut as it were, out of the Deity: but wisely created of nothing after a manner unknown unto us, by God who worketh most freely.
9 The soule of man is of a spirituall and not of a bodily nature, subsisting by it selfe: not vnaduisedlie made of moates, not a fire, or anie other of the foure elementes, or yet anie thing compact of the elementes, not any number, not an harmony, not any facultie brought forth out of the matter: brieflie, not anie part, cut as it were, out of the Deitie: but wiselie created of nothing after a manner vnknowne vnto vs, by God who woorketh most freely.