A14463:1229
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. It is even so by the special communion which Jesus Christ hath with the faithful, & that the faithful have with him by the power of the holy ghost which joineth them with him, by true & living faith.
P. It is euē so by ye special cōmuniō which Iesus Christ hath with ye faithful, & that ye faithfull haue wt hym by the power of the holy ghost which ioyneth thē wt him, by true & lyuing faith.
M. Thou meanest then that there is so great difference between the communion that is between Jesus christ & the faithful, in respect of the unfaithful as is between that which is between the man & the wife, in respect of other men & women?
M. Thou meanest then that there is so great differēce betwene the cō muniō yt is betwéen Iesus christ & ye faithful, in respect of ye vnfaithful as is betwen yt which is betwene the mā & the wife, in respect of other mē & womē?
P. It is even so. For the only communion of nature maketh not communion of body & goods between all men and women, as doth the conjunction of marriage, the which the husband & the wife have together.
P. It is euen so. For ye only cōmuniō of nature maketh not cōmuniō of body & goodes betwene al men and women, as doth the coniunction of marriage, the whiche the husband & the wife haue togither.