By this it appeareth that to be assured of our salvation by faith is not any arrogancy or presumption, but on the contrary part, it is the only means to take all pride from ourselves, for to give all glory to God. For fa…
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Theodore Beza
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When therefore, after St. Paul, we say that we are justified by faith alone, or freely, or by faith without works... we do not say that faith is a virtue which makes us righteous, in ourselves, before God. For this would…
Christian faith is that only hand, whereby we take hold, or apply unto ourselves, Christ being offered unto us, with all his benefits, that are necessary unto our salvation.
Since the purpose of all well-ordered polities is not simply peace and quiet in this life, as some heathen philosophers have imagined, but the glory of God, towards which the whole present life of men should be directed,…
But on the contrary I declare that it is the principal duty of a most excellent and pious ruler that there should apply whatever means, authority and power has been granted him by God to this end entirely that God may tr…