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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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PRINCIPLES UPON THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT OF GODS LAW. XXXVI.
PRINCIPLES VPPON THE SEAVENTH COMMANDEMENT OF GODS LAVVE. XXXVI.
1 Seeing we have dealt in the sixth commandment, concerning the preservation of mans life, which is the foundation of this commandment, and the rest that follow: (for they who were not in this life, should need neither marriage, nor riches, nor the estimation of their good name) and that next unto the care of our life, nothing is more to be regarded then marriage; the commandment concerning the same, is justly adjoined next unto the former.
1 SEeing wee haue dealt in the sixt commandement, concerning the preseruation of mans life, which is the foundation of this commaundement, and the rest that followe: (for they who were not in this life, should neede neither marriage, nor riches, nor the estimation of their good name) and that next vnto the care of our life, nothing is more to be regarded then mariage; the commandement concerning the same, is justlie adjoyned next vnto the former.
2 The reason of this commandment, as of the former, is three-fold, Divine, Natural, and Politic or Civill.