CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church

To the same purpose it tendeth which the highly esteemed Philip Melanchthon in his Common places, chap. of civill Magistrates doth affirm: Before (sayeth he) I warned that civill Places and Powers are to be distinguished from the adhering confusions which arise from other causes, partly from the malice of the devil, partly from the malice of men, partly from the common infirmity of men, as it cometh to pass in other kinds of life and Government ordained of God. No man doubteth, that Ecclesiastical Government is ordained of God, and yet how many and great disorders grow in it from other causes. Where he mentioneth a Church Government distinct from the civill, and that jure divino, as a thing uncontroverted.

To the same purpose it tendeth which the highly esteemed Philip Melancthon in his Common places, chap. of civill Magistrates doth affirme: Before (sayeth he) I warned that civill Places and Powers are to bee distinguished from the adhering confusions which arise from other causes, partly from the malice of the devill, partly from the malice of men, partly from the common infirmity of men, as it cometh to passe in other kindes of life and Government ordained of God. No man doubteth, that Ecclesiasticall Government is ordained of God, and yet how many and great disorders grow in it from other causes. Where he mentioneth a Church Government distinct from the civill, and that jure divino, as a thing uncontroverted.