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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 We call good works, the effects of those actions only, which in the regenerate by the working of the Spirit of God through faith, are squared according unto the prescript rule of Gods law, that in them God might be glorified, and our neighbours helped.
2 We call good works, the effects of those actions onelie, which in the regenerat by the working of the Spirite of God through faith, are squared according vnto the prescript rule of Gods law, that in them God might be glorified, and our neighbours helped.
3 There are four things then to be especially observed in this definition; the holy Ghost, as the efficient cause, Faith the instrumental, the law of God the formal, Gods glory and the edification of our neighbour, as the final.
3 There are foure thinges then to be especiallie obserued in this definition; the holy Ghost, as the efficient cause, Faith the instrumentall, the law of God the formall, Gods glorie and the edification of our neighbour, as the finall.
4 Out of these former parts rightly understood, the whole doctrine of good works is made clear; and with all the false doctrines, both of ancient and new writers in this argument, are out of them easily confuted.
4 Out of these former parts rightlie vnderstoode, the whole doctrine of good workes is made cleare; and with al the false doctrines, both of ancient and new writers in this argument, are out of them easily confuted.