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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 Justification therefore, is a free imputation of righteousness, made of God, by and for Christ, to salvation unto every one that believeth.
2 Iustification therefore, is a free imputation of righteousnes, made of God, by and for Christ, to saluation vnto euery one that beleeueth.
3 But inasmuch as God is exceedingly merciful, and exceedingly just, and that his mercy doth not abolish his justice, which remaineth unviolated; it behooved, that his justice should be fully satisfied, before such time as he could pour forth his mercy upon mankind, and therefore that Christ should be God and man.
3 But in asmuch as God is exceedingly mercifull, and exceedinglie just, and that his mercie doth not abolish his justice, which remaineth vnviolated; it behooued, that his justice shuld be fullie satisfied, before such time as he could poure forth his mercie vpon mankind, and therefore that Christ should be God and man.
4 For he who is only man, cannot be able to sustain the wrath of God; nor on the other side, he who is only God, because, that God can be subject unto no kind of suffering.
4 For he who is onelie man, cannot be able to sustaine the wrath of God; nor on the other side, hee who is onelie God, because, that God can bee subject vnto no kinde of suffering.