A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F.
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A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F.
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Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.
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[1565?]
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"A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68595.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.
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12 The third assault of the same temp∣tation, grounded vppon the naturall corruption or originall sinne whiche is within vs.
SAtan hath yet remaining one assault in the temptation of our vnworthy∣nes, which is this. Although thou hast satisfyed for the payne of thy sinnes in the person of Iesus Christe, & that thou art also clothed with his righteousnesse, yet art thou corrupted in thy nature, a 1.1 wherein alwaye remayneth the roote of all sinne. How darest thou then appeare before the maiestie of God enimy to all vncleanes, b 1.2 and also which séeth the bo∣tome of thy hart c 1.3? Now cōcerning this poynt, we fynde yet one easie remedie in Iesus Christ only vpon whom we must staye. But we be yet so enclosed in this
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mortall d 1.4 body that wée doo not the good whiche wée woulde, and yet doo féele the synne e 1.5 that remayneth in vs, and the flesh that striueth against the spirit, f 1.6 by reason whereof we be yet defyled in body and soule concerning our selues g 1.7, but for as much as by fayth wée be vny∣ted, incorporated, h 1.8 rooted, i 1.9 and k 1.10 graf∣ted in Iesus Christe, by whome our na∣ture hath bene from the first moment of his conception more fullye m 1.11 restored & sanctified, and made more pure, n 1.12 then euer it was created in Adam for asmuch* 1.13 as Adam was made but accordinge to the image of God, and o 1.14 Iesus Christ is very God, who hath taken vpon him our ••iesh conceyued by the vertue of the holy ghost, this sanctification of Iesus Christ is imputed to vs as our owne, then can∣not y• naturall corruption (which resteth partly yet in vs) come in accompt p 1.15, for as much as it is couered & cloathed with the holynesse of Iesus Christe, who is much more able to sanctifye and cleanse vs before God, then the natural corrup∣tion