An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe kingdomes, nations, and prouinces of Europe: the catologue and order whereof the pages following will declare. There are added in the ende verie shorte notes: in which both the obscure thinges are made plaine, & those thinges which maie in shew seeme to be contrarie each to other, are plainelie and verie modestlie reconciled, and if anie points doe as yet hang in doubt, they are sincerelie pointed at. All which things, in the name of the Churches of Fraunce and Belgia, are submitted to the free and discrete iudgement of all other Churches. Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the confession of the Church of Scotland. Alowed by publique authoritie.
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An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe kingdomes, nations, and prouinces of Europe: the catologue and order whereof the pages following will declare. There are added in the ende verie shorte notes: in which both the obscure thinges are made plaine, & those thinges which maie in shew seeme to be contrarie each to other, are plainelie and verie modestlie reconciled, and if anie points doe as yet hang in doubt, they are sincerelie pointed at. All which things, in the name of the Churches of Fraunce and Belgia, are submitted to the free and discrete iudgement of all other Churches. Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the confession of the Church of Scotland. Alowed by publique authoritie.
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Salnar.
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[Cambridge] :: Imprinted by Thomas Thomas, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge,
1586.
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Creeds -- Comparative studies -- Early works to 1800.
Protestant churches -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800.
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"An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe kingdomes, nations, and prouinces of Europe: the catologue and order whereof the pages following will declare. There are added in the ende verie shorte notes: in which both the obscure thinges are made plaine, & those thinges which maie in shew seeme to be contrarie each to other, are plainelie and verie modestlie reconciled, and if anie points doe as yet hang in doubt, they are sincerelie pointed at. All which things, in the name of the Churches of Fraunce and Belgia, are submitted to the free and discrete iudgement of all other Churches. Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the confession of the Church of Scotland. Alowed by publique authoritie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18640.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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OVT OF THE FRENCH CONFESSION.
* 1.1 WE beleeue that it is expedient, that they which be chosen to be gouernours in anie Church, do wise∣lie looke vnto it among them▪selues, by what meanes the wholl bodie maie conuenientlie be ruled, yet so that they do neuer swarue from that which our Lord Iesus Christ hath in∣stituted. Yet this doth not hinder, but that euerie place maie haue their peculiar constitutions, as it shall seeme con∣uenient for them.
* 1.2 But we exclude all humane deuises, and all those lawes, which are brought in to binde mens consciences vnder pre∣tence of the word of God: and we do onelie like of those, which serue for the nourishing of concord, and to keepe e∣uerie one in due obedience, wherein we think that we are to
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follow that, which our Lord Iesus Christ appointed touching excommunication, which we do allow of, and together with it additions, thinke to be * 1.3necessarie.