A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
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A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
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Wither, George, 1540-1605.
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Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,
[1588]
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Bible -- N.T -- English -- Versions -- Douai -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- N.T -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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"A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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The answer.
You delight by ambiguitie of words to beguile the simple. If
by Christs Baptisme you meane the baptisme vsed in the church
of Christ, then we say that the baptisme of Ihon, and it is all of
one vertue. But if you meane by Christs baptisme the inwarde
and inuisible operation in baptisme, which is Christs proper
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worke, then we say that the baptisme of Christ is greater, not
onely than Iohns Baptisme, but also then the baptisme of a∣ny
other minister. So if in baptizing Iohn be compared with
Christ, he must as a seruant giue place to his Lord, but if his mi∣nisterie
therin be cōpared with the ministery of others, Christs
ministers, we saie, and are ready to prooue, that they are of equal
force, and vertue.
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