A14463:1094
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the principal points of the Christian faith and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certain dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Province. Translated by I.S. Seen and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the principall poyntes of the Christian fayth and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certayne dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Prouince. Translated by I.S. Seene and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Bynneman? for Abraham Veale, 1573
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.
P. Thou mayst judge by that which Jesus Christ said: There be many called, but few are chosen.
P. Thou mayst iudge by that which Iesus Christ sayde: There be many called, but fewe are chosen.
M. Thou meanest then in mine opinion, that the very reprobates may be called by outward vocation, but that it profiteth them nothing, except the inward be there joined with it.1
M. Thou meanest then in myne opinion, that the very reprobates maye be called by outewarde vocation, but that it profiteth them nothing, except the inward be there ioyned with it.1
P. As concerning them, it serveth them but to their greater condemnation. For it is to their greater condemnation, for so much as the grace of God was offered unto them, & that they have rejected it through their ingratitude and unbelief, as though it had never ben offered unto them, yet in the mean time, it is not altogether in vain,
P. As concernyng them, it serueth them but to their greater condemnation. For it is to their greater condemnation, for so muche as the grace of God was offered vnto them, & that they haue reiected it thorowe their ingratitude and vnbeléefe, as though it had neuer ben offered vnto them, yet in the meane tyme, it is not altogether in vayne,