Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the sameQuestions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same

God hath always even¹ from the beginning of the world been present with his people and church, governing the same by the ministry of the Patriarchs, Prophets, and Apostles, and that through the holy Ghost. For oftentimes God speaketh in the old Testament, saying: Behold I am always with you, I vvill guide and defend you. &c. And in the new Testament our Lord Christ saith: Behold I am with you for ever, until² the end of the world: And again, I vvill give my spirit unto you, that he may abide with you for ever: And again, where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middest of them. But the purpose of³ this Question is to bring the godly and simple into perplexity and doubt. For when they confess, that god governeth his church by his holy spirit, forthwith the popish bishops conclude thereof, that the church neither hath, nor can err: and hereby they suppose, that all other ⟨image 18⟩things are sufficiently proved: to wit, that what soever they under the title and name of the Church shall thrust upon men, are both good and inspired by the holy Ghost. But unto these mates we answer: First, that we do not acknowledge that church whereof they brag, to be the true primitive apostolic church, as hereafter we shall prove. Secondly we d•• not confess, that the