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The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsely) called Anabaptists…The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsly) called Anabaptists…
The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsely) called Anabaptists presented to the view of all that fear God, to examine by the touchstone of the Word of truth, as likewise for the taking off those aspersions which are frequently both in pulpit and print, (although unjustly) cast upon them.The Confession of faith of those churches which are commonly (though falsly) called Anabaptists presented to the view of all that feare God, to examine by the touchstone of the Word of truth, as likewise for the taking off those aspersions which are frequently both in pulpit and print, (although unjustly) cast upon them.
London printed: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1644
THE CONFESSION Of FAITH, of those Churches which are commonly (thou… › Article 16: XVI.
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XVI.
That he might be such a Prophet as thereby to be every way complete, it was necessary that he should bea God, and withal also that he should be man; for unless he had been God, he could never have perfectly understood the will of God,b neither had he been able to reveal it throughout all ages; and unless he had been man, he could not fitly have unfolded it in hisc own person to man.
That he might be such a Prophet as thereby to be every way compleat, it was necessary that he should beea God, and withall also that he should be man; for unlesse hee had been God, he could never have perfectly understood the will of God,b neither had he been able to reveale it throughout all ages; and unlesse hee had been man, hee could not fitly have unfolded it in hisc own person to man.