An exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith. In which the chiefe points of the euerlasting and free couenant betweene God and the faithfull is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Treuir, and now translated out of the Latine tongue into the English for the benefite of Christ his Church. By Iohn Fielde.
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An exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith. In which the chiefe points of the euerlasting and free couenant betweene God and the faithfull is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Treuir, and now translated out of the Latine tongue into the English for the benefite of Christ his Church. By Iohn Fielde.
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Olevian, Caspar, 1536-1587.
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At London :: Printed by H. Middleton, for Thomas Man, and Tobie Smith,
Anno. 1581.
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Apostles' Creed -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith. In which the chiefe points of the euerlasting and free couenant betweene God and the faithfull is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Treuir, and now translated out of the Latine tongue into the English for the benefite of Christ his Church. By Iohn Fielde." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08483.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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Is God therefore the author of sinne?
GOd forbid. For God so gouerneth all things by his prouidence, yt in meane time he continueth free from all sinne: first be∣cause he putteth not malice into man, but the same is of the diuel. Iohn, 8. Although God vse the same as an instrument to the setting foorth of his glorie. Secondly because all actions are discerned by their endes: God in all actions hath an end agreeable with his vnchangable and euerlasting righteousnes. Now men whiles they erre from the minde of God, and from his righteousnes reuealed in his word, they sinne. The brethren of Ioseph haue an other ende then God. You, saith Ioseph,thought euill against me, but God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe as it is at this day, and saue much people aliue. The diuel in afflicting Iob, hath this end, yt he may cause him to blaspheme God, & draw Iob to destruction. The Chaldeans also haue their scope, that they may waxe rich by robberie.
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But God in all this busines so dealeth as he may trie Iobs faith and patience, and manifest his owne glorie, and at length deliuer him with Sathans confusion. So Dauid acknow∣ledgeth God to deale rightly and iustly by Si∣mey, as he saith: Suffer him, for God hath commaun∣ded him to curse me: When as notwithstanding the same Dauid pronounceth of the same deede that Simey sinned greeuously. 1. King. 2.8. And Simey also confesseth the same thing. 2. Sam. 19.19. Because forsooth God vsed an euill in∣strument well, to humble Dauid to the ende he might giue to God the praise of righteous∣nes and mercie: but Simey himselfe had an ende & purpose quite contrarie from the minde and lawe of God. And therefore forasmuch as there is fault in the instrument, at length by the wonderfull prouidence and iust iudgement of God he is drawne to punishment. 1. King. 2.36.44. Wherefore al things are so done by the pro∣uidence of God, that he in meane time conti∣nueth free from all sinne; which is proper a∣lone to the diuel and to the corrupte nature of man.