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A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the…A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the…
A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Church. Perused and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Wykes for Lucas Harrison, 1568
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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And abecause we enjoy not Jesus Christ but by the Gospel, bwe believe that the order of the Church, which is established by his authority, ought to be holy and inviolable, and therefore, that the Church can not stand without Pastors, whose charge is to teach, cand ought to be honoured ⟨p. 108⟩and reverently heard, if they be duly called, and faithfully exercise their office. Not that God is bound to their helps or base means, but that it pleaseth him to bridle us therewith. Wherein we despise all such fantastical persons, as go about (as much as in them lieth) to deface the ministry and preaching of the word and Sacraments.
And abecause we enioye not Iesus Christ but by the Gospell, bwe beleue that the order of the Churche, whiche is established by his aucthoritie, ought to bee holie and inuiolable, and therefore, that the Churche can not stande without Pastours, whose charge is to teache, cand ought to be honoured