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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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not Jewish, not Roman, not English, not of one people or province, but universal and Catholic, compacted as it were into one body out of all sorts of estates, sexes, ages, & nations; Jews, & Heathens; Greeks, & Barbarians; bond, and free; men, and women; old, and young; rich, and poor. For both the old Church (before the birth of Christ) which saw the day of Christ to come, and was saved, did gather children of God unto her self at first out of any people; afterward when the grace of God shined chiefly among the people of Israel, she did join cconverts to Israel out of the rest: and much more the new Church (called since Christ was borne) hath denlarged her tabernacle (as Isaiah the Prophet speaketh) eto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and going forward thence even to the uttermost ends of the earth. For God hath not called the circumcised Jews alone,f to be his Church, as the time was when gthe Apostles thought through a little oversight, hthe Jews in our days have too presumptuously weened: but iChrist being crucified hath broken the stop of the partition-wall, kand is become the chief stone of the corner, on which a double wall ariseth; and as lDavid prophesied, the Egyptian, the Babylonian, the Tyrian, the Ethiopian, the Philistine are borne in Zion; and, as mthe Elders (in whom is represented the company of the faithful) do sing unto Christ, Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us kings and priests to our God, & we shall reign upon the earth. Wherefore sith the church, which the holy scriptures do commend unto us, betokeneth the company and assembly of the faithful, whom God hath chosen, Christ hath sanctified, and called out of all nations to the inheritance of his own kingdom: the holy Ghost, who spake by the Prophets and Apostles, doth warrantise me to resolve on my Conclusion, that the holy catholic church which we believe is the whole company of Gods electand chosen. You marvel perhaps