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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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16 Yet it is clear, that they were faithfully and truly gathered out of the preaching of the Apostles, & accounted even from the most ancient time, as a square & a rule of faith
16 Yet it is cleare, that they were faithfullie and truely gathered out of the preaching of the Apostles, & acounted euen frō the most ancient time, as a square & a rule of faith
17 Now their opinion is very probable, who do take these words, [he descended into Hell] (if this Article was at the first in the common creed, expressed in so many words) not for any distinct Article, but for a summary comprehension of the last and lowest degree of Christs humiliation, which should be pointed out by the words of suffering, crucifying, death, and burial; as this kind of speech is sometimes in the Scriptures Metaphorically used, for the lowest estate of anguish and dejection: So that, [He suffered, was dead, buried, and descended into Hell,] should be but one Article of faith.
17 Now their opinion is verie probable, who doe take these words, [he descended into Hel] (if this Article was at the first in the common creed, expressed in so many words) not for any distinct Article, but for a summary comprehension of the last and lowest degree of Christes humiliation, which should bee pointed out by the wordes of suffering, crucifiyng, death, and burial; as this kind of speach is somtimes in the Scriptures Metaphorically vsed, for the lowest estate of anguish and dejection: So that, [He suffered, was dead, buried, and descended into Hell,] should be but one Article of faith.
18 But who can believe, that the Fathers of Nicene, and so many Synods that afterward followed, and the very Church of Rome it self would have rashly blotted out this Article, if it had bin written in so many words in the common Creed.