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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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10 The effect thereof furthermore, is to work in the harts of men, which is done many ways: for some he maketh apt and ready to practise moral virtues, not by changing, but by repressing their natural corruption: & others by his especial power he doth make meet to understand and bring to pass, great matters, all which do properly serve for the conservation of mans society, although that the effects of these gifts are otherwhiles also behoofull unto the Church.
10 The effect thereof furthermore, is to woorke in the harts of men, which is done manie wayes: for some he maketh apt and readie to practise morall vertues, not by chā ging, but by repressing their naturall corruption: & others by his especiall power hee doth make meete to vnderstand and bring to passe, great matters, all which doe properlie serue for the conseruation of mans societie, although that the effects of these guiftes are otherwhiles also behoofull vnto the Church.
11 Sometimes also he goeth farther, in bestowing upon some the knowledge of his heavenly truth, with other supernatural gifts, as of Prophecy and healing: to be brief he doth after a sort, sometimes enlighten not the understanding only, but even the will of some, who yet are so in the Church, as it will one day appear, that they were never true members thereof.
11 Sometimes also he goeth farther, in bestowing vpon some the knowledge of his heauenlie truth, with other supernaturall guifts, as of Prophesie and healing: to be brief he doth after a sort, sometimes enlighten not the vnderstanding onlie, but euen the will of some, who yet are so in the Church, as it will one day appeare, that they were neuer true members thereof.