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A short instruction for to arm all good Christian people against the pestiferous errors…A short instruction for to arme all good Christian people agaynst the pestiferous errours…
A short instruction for to arm all good Christian people against the pestiferous errors of the common sect of Anabaptists. Compiled by master John CalvinA short instruction for to arme all good Christian people agaynst the pestiferous errours of the common secte of Anabaptistes. Compiled by mayster Iohn Caluine
London: printed by John Daye, 1549London: printed by Ihon Daye, 1549
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If there were none other testimony but this sentence of Moses, where he sayeth, that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, about three hundred years after their death, it should be sufficient to such as would not be contentious.
If there were none other testimonye but thys sentence of Moyses, where he sayeth, that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, aboute three hundred yeares after theyr death, it shoulde be sufficiente to suche as woulde not be contentious.
But if there be any opiniatoure which will again say it, then will the exposition which our Saviour Jesus Christ, maketh upon these words, take away all doubts. That is, that his father is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
But if there be any opiniatoure whiche wyl agayne say it, then wyll the exposition whyche oure Sauiour Iesus Christe, maketh vpon these wordes, take awaye all doubtes. That is, that hys father is not the God of the deade, but of the lyuyng.
¶ I know their answer is, that the dead be called living, because of the hope of the resurrection. But that is nothing. For seeing that the Patriarchs were dead, at that time when Moses spake, it followeth that they lived in a better life.
¶ I knowe theyr answere is, that the dead be called lyuynge, bycause of the hope of the resurrection. But that is nothynge. For seynge that the Patriarckes were deade, at that tyme when Moyses spake, it foloweth that they lyued in a better lyfe.