A14463:1750
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.
Of other gifts of God which are not so necessary for the Church as the gift of preaching.
Of other giftes of God whiche are not so necessarie for the Church as the gift of preaching.
M. I Do now well understand this point, but thou haste not yet given me example of the other gifts of the Holy Ghost, the which be not so necessary for the Church as is the gift of preaching: And therefore also they be not perpetual in her.
M. I Do now wel vnderstand this point, but thou haste not yet giuen me example of the other guiftes of the Holie Ghoste, the whiche be not so necessarie for the Churche as is the gifte of preaching: And therfore also they be not perpetual in hir.
P. Thou hast among others, the gift of tongs, and the gift of miracles and such like, the which God gave to his Church but for a certain time, and to certain persons, as he may yet give them when it shall please him. And when he hath given them, he hath yet done the same, to the end that his gifts should serve to the ministry of his word, to the end it should be the better received,1 and that the infidels should be the more mightily vanquished, & the most weak ones the better fortified.
P. Thou hast amōg others, the gift of tongs, and the gift of miracles and suche lyke, the whiche God gaue to his Churche but for a certayne tyme, and to certayne persones, as hée maye yet gyue them when it shall please him. And when he hath giuen them, he hathe yet done the same, to the ende that hys gifts shuld serue to the ministerie of his worde, to the ende it should be the better receyued,