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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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But they think, in the .xix. of the Acts, to find in their favour a more express scripture: where it is said, that. S. Paul, having found certain disciples, which had not yet received the holy Ghost, did Baptise them anew. Now is it very certain that saint Luke, in that place, speaketh of the visible graces of the holy Ghost. For other wise: that which he saith could not stand together: ⟨image 13⟩that is, that these of whom he spake, which were Jews, did answer that they knew not whether the holy Ghost were given. Now they could not be ignorant that God doeth sanctify his servants by his spirit: seeing that there is so often made mention thereof in the prophets. But they knew not whether these graces whereof. S. Paul spake, were given unto the christian church. Now seeing they be called disciples, they are not so ignorant, that they should not at all know God and Jesus Christ: as it were a simple christian of the commune people: but they lacked this thing, that they had not received the visible graces, which God then shed forth upon his servants.
But they thynke, in the .xix. of the Actes, to fynde in theyr fauoure a more expresse scripture: where it is sayd, that. S. Paule, hauing founde certayne disciples, whyche had not yet receyued the holye Gooste, dyd Baptise them anewe. Nowe is it very certayne that saint Luke, in that place, speaketh of the visible graces of the holye Gooste. For other wyse: that whych he sayth could not stand togither: ⟨image 13⟩that is, that these of whome he spake, whyche were Iewes, dyd answere that they knewe not whether the holy Goste were geuen. Nowe they could not be ignoraunt that God doeth sanctifie hys seruauntes by hys spirite: seynge that ther is so often made mē tion therof in the prophetes. But they knew not whether these graces wherof. S. Paule spake, were geuen vnto the christian church. Nowe seynge they be called disciples, they are not so ignoraunte, that they shoulde not at all knowe God and Iesus Christe: as it were a simple christian of the commune people: but they lacked thys thynge, that they had not receyued the visible graces, whyche God then shedde forth vpon his seruauntes.