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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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- 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,
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none, but to such as are or shalbe of the Church of God, and that the ordinarie meanes, whereby God effectuallie calleth men to be of his church, is the ministerie of his woord. But we dare not tie God to his ordinarie meanes, sith he extraordinarilie called Paul and others. But how well this place is applied to the ordinarie authoritie of ministers, or priestes in absoluing, I will spare to speake, for reuerence of them whom you alledge. It is well that the church hath plaine euidence of scriptures for the authoritie of binding and loosing, for if it staid it selfe vpon the au∣thoritie of men, wresting such places as this to that purpose, it were but a poore sillie comfort, that the conscience of a poore pe∣nitent sinner, could reape by the churches absolution.