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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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THE SECOND SORT OF PRINCIPLES, CONCERNING THE HOLY AND UNSEARCHABLE TRINITY.
THE SECOND SORT OF PRINCIPLES, CONCERNING THE HOLY AND VNSEARCHABLE TRINITIE.
1 That knowledge of God, which we attain unto, by his written word, doth far surpass all that, whatsoever it be, whereunto the light of nature, doth or can lead us.
1 THat knowledge of God, which we attaine vnto, by his written word, doth far surpas al that, whatsoeuer it be, whereunto the light of nature, doth or can lead vs.
2 For, that God is one in substance, and three in persons, is no where else to be learned, save only out of the word. The truth of which Doctrine, it setteth down most clearly and undoubtedly, but so as it leaveth the reason thereof, as a ⟨p. 4⟩matter altogether unsearchable, and a mystery, not to be sought out by human arguments, but to be reverenced and embraced by faith only.
2 For, that God is one in substance, and three in persons, is no where els to bee learned, saue onely out of the worde. The truth of which Doctrine, it setteth downe most clearlie and vndoubtedly, but so as it leaueth the reason thereof, as a ⟨p. 4⟩matter altogeather vnsearchable, and a mysterie, not to bee sought out by humain arguments, but to be reuerenced and embraced by faith onely.