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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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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.
5 Therefore God the Father, being drawn in mercy, would have his only begotten Son, at the appointed time, to become true man, without any confusion or mingling of the natures, might reconcile men unto God.
5 Therefore God the Father, beeing drawen in mercie, woulde haue his onelye begotten Sonne, at the appointed time, to become true man, without any confusion or mingling of the natures, might reconcile men vnto God.
6 The efficient cause therefore, of the righteousness imputed unto us, is the mercy of God the Father, and his free love towards us: for he it is that saveth and justifieth.
6 The efficient cause therefore, of the righteousnes imputed vnto vs, is the mercie of God the Father, and his free loue towards vs: for he it is that saueth and justifieth.