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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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Section 19: PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE RESTORING OF MANKIND. XIX.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1 God would not have the felicity of man to consist, in that first estate wherein he was created (for then had his felicity been earthly, and in some sort, subject unto change) but he placed it in a more firm and a more excellent estate, whereby he might live a heavenly ⟨p. 42⟩life, and such, as from the which, he could in no wise fall.
1 GOd would not haue the felicitie of man to consist, in that first estate wherein hee was created (for then had his felicitie beene earthly, and in some sort, subject vnto chaunge) but he placed it in a more firme and a more excellent estate, whereby he might liue a heauenlie ⟨p. 42⟩life, and such, as from the which, he could in no wise fall.
2 Now, that man might be brought unto that perfect estate, he fell by his own fault; yet not without the providence of GOD, and so was made subject unto the death, both of his soul and body: to the end, that being delivered from sin and death, he might pass unto a better life, and so might become a most certain president of the justice and mercy of God.
2 Now, that man might bee brought vnto that perfect estate, he fell by his owne fault; yet not without the prouidence of GOD, and so was made subject vnto the death, both of his soule and bodie: to the end, that being deliuered from sin and death, hee might passe vnto a better life, and so might become a most certaine president of the justice and mercie of God.