Ought not such a Sacrament seem to be ridiculous?
No it ought not: For if it seeme absurd to any man, that the
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No it ought not: For if it seeme absurd to any man, that the
signe of so excellent and singular grace was giuen in that part of the bodie; he must needes be ashamed also of his saluation, which issued out of the loynes of Abraham. And, The Crosse of Christ was a stumbling block to the Iewes, and foolishnesse to the Gentiles. 1. Cor. 1.23. And Iulian the Apostata, as also Celsus made a scoffe of this, that an apple was forbidden our first parents. And Naa∣man the Syrian thought it a matter to be laughed at, to wash se∣uen times in Iordanea 1.1. But the word of God ought to be prefer∣red before all the world. And the foolishnesse of God, that is, that which mad men not without impietie call foolishnesse, is wiser then all the wisdome of men. For although the Princes of this world haue their glorious seales, yet for all that their promises are often broken. But God with his much baser markes, neuer deceiued a∣ny man.
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