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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Printed at London :: By Richard Serll, dwelling in Flete lane, at the sygne of the halfe Eagle and the Key,
[1565?]
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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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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29 Of degrees which ought to bee among Ministers of the word, ac∣cordyng as they be disseuered by companies.
IN all companies it is certayne that there must be an order▪ as we sée there was among the Apostles in Ierusalem, where S. Peter a 1.1 had the voyce fréely & wyllingly. But this esta∣blysheth not a preheminence of a state or dignitie, for it was but for a certayne order and tyme as was expedient, and it was in suche wyse that Saynt Peter must render accoumpt to the Church of his voyage, after he was burdened to
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haue misused him self b 1.2, and also suffred him selfe to bée reproued by S. Paule at Antioch c 1.3▪ For to conclude we confesse y• ther must be a distinctiō among pastors & doctors the more orderly to assēble to∣gether whē néede shall require & to kéepe a decent order, y• one procéede & be chéefe among thē who was called in the begin∣ning by the Gréekes proestio, y• is to say president as Iustine witnesseth d 1.4. Now we call him in France Doien, & in some places superintendēt. And although we be not ignorant how often the auncient church hath established degrées among ye bishops, in thinking to do wel, neuerthe∣les, considering the horryble tiranny & cōfusion which by this meanes is sprong vp in the church of God, we content our selues with the custome of the Apostles which was to chose those which shoulde cōduct their affaires, y• were most godlie and meete, according as it was requisit▪ whose power extēded no further nor lon¦ger time, thē the consent of assemble dyd import, much lesse then had hee power to
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do any thing on his own head or autho∣rity, or to alledge that he could not erre: as it playnlie appeareth in the election of S. Mathias e 1.5, in the election of the Deacons f 1.6, in that S. Peter and Saynt Iohn bee sent to Samaria by the other Apostles g 1.7, and in that which was sayd and done in the counsell of Ierusalem h 1.8▪ and in Antioche i 1.9, and by Saint Paule in many places k 1.10.