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Acts Admonition alleged Amst Anabapt anabaptists Answ answer apostles appeareth appointed argument Augustine autem authority bishop bishop of Rome Bullinger called Calvin canon cause ceremonies Chapter Christ christian church of England civil magistrate Comm commanded condemn confess contention contrary Corinth council deacons declare deny divers Division doctrine Donatists doth Eccles ecclesia ecclesiastical election enim Epist ergo Eusebius faith flock followeth gathered godly gospel Gratian hæc hath ibid inserted from Repl judgment kind of government learned Lord Luke magistrate magistratus maketh manner Matt matter meaning ministers ministry Musculus neque nihil ordained papists pastor preach prince prove quæ quam quod reason rule sacraments saith salvation scripture Sect shew speak speaketh St Paul sunt T. C. Page things Tigur Timothy true truly unto vero viii Wherefore wherein whereof WHITGIFT whole word Zuinglius δὲ καὶ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 143 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 25 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Page 185 - So that notwithstanding government, or some kind of government, may be a part of the Church, touching the outward form and perfection of it, yet is it not such a part of the essence and being, but that it may be the Church of Christ without this or that kind of government, and therefore the kind of government of the Church is not necessary unto salvation.
Page 217 - The rule of faith, indeed, is altogether one, alone immoveable and irreformable; the rule, to wit, of believing in one only God omnipotent, the Creator of the universe, and His Son Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, crucified under Pontius Pilate, raised...
Page 143 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Page 386 - ... therefore the church having nothing to do with such, the magistrate ought to see that they join to hear the sermons in the place where they are made, whether it be in...
Page 31 - Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Page 436 - I reverence Mr Calvin as a singular man and worthy instrument in Christ's Church, but I am not so wholly addicted unto him that I will condemn other men's judgements that in divers points agree not fully with him, especially in the interpretation of some places of the Scripture, when as, in my opinion, they come nearer to the true meaning and sense of it in those points than he doth'.
Page 489 - Supper. . . . The Bishop by speaking these words doth not take upon him to give the Holy Ghost, no more than he doth to remit sins, when he pronounceth the remission of sins. . . . He doth shew the principal duty of a minister, and assureth him of the assistance of God's Holy Spirit, if he labour in the same accordingly.
Page 48 - And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.