Common Places, Propositions · Section 31 – Section 35
Propoſitions out of the third chapter of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 TO depart for a ſinne, to the intent a man maie follow his calling, is not to be diſallowed; and ſo likewiſe, if it be doone for auoiding of perſecution.
proposition 2 That departure is condemned, which procéedeth of the hatred of men, or for a deſire of commoditie, and which is doone for the bringing in of the worſhip of God.
proposition 3 God not onelie requireth that we ſhould giuegive him reuerence, but that we ſhould alſo declare the ſame by outward tokens.
proposition 4 Since God, in his owne nature, is not perceiued by the ſenſe, yet dooth he applie himſelfe to mans capacitie, and by his ſenſible word ſheweth himſelfe to be knowne of men, in corporall formes and ſacraments.
proposition 5 Although it ſhould be certeine vntounto euerie man, that God is a ſpirit, yet is it not vnprofitable to conſider of him, vnderunder figures and formes deliuered in the holie ſcriptures.
proposition 6 Since in the holie ſcripture he is ſaid to be the God of Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob, which be dead, thereof is inferred the reſurrection of the dead.
proposition 7 Whereas the Iewes will not once name that name of God [Iehouah,] which is written with foure letters, it is ſuperſtitious.
proposition 8 The power of the name of God is not to be eſtéemed onelie, by the pronouncing or rehearſing thereof.
proposition 9 God in commanding the Iſraelits that they ſhould require of the Aegyptians, gold, ſiluer, garments, and veſſels, commanded them not to ſteale: albeit that God otherwhile ſéeme to command anie thing againſt the ſecond table, yet in verie déed he commandeth not againſt the ſame.
proposition 10 There may be a good vſe of gold, ſiluer, pretious ſtones, ſilke, and ſuch like.
Probable.
proposition 1 WHen in the old teſtament (as oftentimes it happeneth) the name of angell is ioined with the name of God, there is ment the ſecond perſon of the trinitie, that is to wit, the ſonne.
proposition 2 The name of God, I am that I am, ſheweth that we ought to conſider him to be ſuch a God, as will not ſuffer his promiſes to be in vaine.
proposition 3 In this name of God, I am that I am, is betokened the eternitie of his nature.
proposition 4 This name of God, I am that I am, ſheweth that God is diuerſelie to be named according to the diuerſitie of his actions.
proposition 5 This name of God, I am that I am, is all one with the name Iehouah.
proposition 6 The Hebrues required not the Aegyptians, to lend them gold, ſiluer, garments, &c, but required to hauehave them giuen fréelie.
Propoſitions out of the fourth chapter of the booke of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 MIracles be teſtimonies of the doctrine and promiſes of God, yet are they not ſuch as without regard they ſhould be beléeued.
proposition 2 God giueth not to euerie one of his miniſters all the gifts of the ſpirit, to the intent that the members of the church may be the more vnited one to an other.
proposition 3 Domeſticall and ciuill duties are allowed by God, and muſt not be left off vnderunder pretenſe of the calling of God ſo they be not repugnant therevnto.
proposition 4 It is not neceſſarie for him that entereth the holie miniſterie, to put awaie his wife.
proposition 5 The calling of GOD is a declaration of his will, as touching the kind of life, or peculiar function wherevnto we be appointed.
proposition 6 Sometimes the calling is by God himſelfe, without anie meanes, and ſometime by thoſe which be indued with an ordinarie power.
proposition 7 Some are called otherwhile by an extraordinarie power.
proposition 8 Sometime nature is the meane or inſtrument of the calling of God.
proposition 9 In euerie vocation is required, that he which is called be well inſtructed in the knowledge of God which calleth him.
proposition 10 To execute well the calling of God, it behooueth, that he which is called, be certeine thereof.
proposition 11 The callings of God hauehave promiſes and gifts ioined with them.
proposition 12 It is againſt the calling of God, as well if a man arrogantlie obtrude himſelfe, as if he obſtinatelie reſiſt it.
proposition 13 Manie things of themſelues ſéeme to hauehave but ſmall decencie, which neuertheleſſe muſt be doone, if reſpect be had vntounto the calling.
proposition 14 They which neglect to receiue the ſacraments, doo laie open themſelues vntounto moſt gréeuous dangers euen of the bodie.
proposition 15 When it is written in the holie ſcriptures, that God is pleaſed with ſacrifices; that muſt not be vnderſtood, for the merit of the worke, but the power of faith ioined therewithall.
Propoſitions out of the v. vi. vij. and viij. chapters of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 TWo kinds there be of the knowledge of God; one is common, and is called naturall, which alſo is attributed to the vngodlie: an other is full and effectuall, wherevpon followeth an obedience of Gods lawe, and finallie eternall life, and that is onelie of the elect.
proposition 2 In aduerſities we muſt conſider, that men and the diuell, may be the miniſters and inſtruments, but that they are ſent of God, as the chéefeſt cauſe, for the which we muſt flie vntounto him by praier.
proposition 3 It were ſinne no doubt, to be mooued againſt God for the felicitie of the wicked and oppreſſion of the ſaints; but yet to expreſſe ſuch an affection before God, as the ſaints did in the ſcriptures, is both profitable and iuſt.
proposition 4 Although both the godlie and vngodlie are mooued for the ſaid cauſe, againſt the iudgments of God, yet is there a difference betwéene them, as well ſuch as is betwéene the incontinent and intemperate, as alſo bicauſe the one ſort repent, and the other obſtinatlie perſiſt in their ſinne.
proposition 5 A couenant is an agréement of certeine among themſelues, whereby euerie of them promiſeth that he will giuegive ſomthing; & in like maner he himſelfe requireth ſomething of others.
proposition 6 Miracles by themſelues make no firme argument of doctrine, vnleſſe they doo agrée with the word of God.
proposition 7 God will otherwhile hauehave miracles doone by the aduerſaries of religion, that the godlie by ſuch kind of temptation may be tried; and that the vngodlie, being the more blinded thereby, may be puniſhed for their vngodlineſſe.
proposition 8 The miracles, which the ſorcerers of Pharao ſhewed, were not the full and perfect cauſe of his incredulitie.
proposition 9 Repentance is of thrée ſorts; the firſt is perfect and whole, which dooth pleaſe God: another is temporall, vponupon which God beſtoweth ſome thing: the third is hypocriticall, the which God dooth deteſt.
Probable.
proposition 1 THe name Shadai, if it ſignifie omnipotent, it ought chéeflie to be reſpected in the promiſes of God; for it is required, that we ſhould thinke he can performe thoſe things, which he hath promiſed; but the name Iehouah, when God performeth his promiſes (for it is deriued from his eſſence:) and God, both in act, & in the thing it ſelfe, bringeth to paſſe thoſe things, which he hath promiſed.
proposition 2 If the name Shadai ſignifie ſufficient of himſelfe, it was verie much vſed of the old fathers, when they obteined their wealth and riches of God: but the name Iehouah was then firſt vttered, when God began to ſhew foorth miracles: for thereby is ſhewed, that it is in God to inuert both the nature and being of things at his pleaſure.
proposition 3 When the ſorcerers of Pharao ſaid; It is the finger of God, they yéelded not a true confeſſion vntounto God.
proposition 4 Why Pharaos ſorcerers rather failed in the third ſigne than in the reſt, we are not able to giuegive a certeine and ſure reaſon.
Propoſitions out of the viij. ix. x. and xi. chapters of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 THey, which giuegive diuine worſhip vntounto creatures, are not therfore excuſed, bicauſe they ſaie, that in them they worſhip God, or the properties of God.
proposition 2 Albeit that idolaters doo feigne that they worſhip the true God in his creatures; they doo not giuegive the honour to him, but to diuels.
proposition 3 We muſt well diſtinguiſh betwéene the precepts of God, ſo that we may ſée which be generall, or which be for a time, or commanded to ſome certeine perſons.
proposition 4 The ſcripture, when it affirmeth that GOD hardened the hart of Pharao, & that Pharao hardened his owne hart, ſpeaketh not contrarie.
proposition 5 That God hardeneth the harts of ſome, and yet neuertheleſſe ſendeth his word vntounto them; is not contrarie to it ſelfe.
proposition 6 Haile, tempeſts, diſeaſes, and other like calamities, although they be doone ſomtimes by naturall cauſes, yet are they puniſhments for ſins, and be ordeined to warne and prouoke men to repentance.
proposition 7 The corruption and deſtruction of good things cannot be aſſigned the laſt end of thoſe calamities; ſith an end reſpecteth that which is good.
proposition 8 Albeit that faith be weake, yet it ought not to be deſpiſed, ſith GOD dooth attribute much therevnto.
proposition 9 By faith not onelie are we our ſelues ſaued; but euen the things, which belong vntounto vsus, which likewiſe through our vnbeléefe doo periſh.
proposition 10 The exceſſiue ſpéeches and figures vſed in the holie ſcripture maketh not therein lieng diſcourſes.
proposition 11 Albeit that in the old ceremonies manie things are oftentimes commended, as ſeruing vntounto thoſe times, and that ciuill gouernement; yet therein was firſt ſet foorth Chriſt, and the redemption, which ſhould be made by him.
proposition 12 To the end that ſacraments may be honourablie celebrated, is required a méeting togither, not of one or two brethren, but of mo at once.
proposition 13 The holie and prophane hiſtories, although they hauehave manie caſes that be alike; yet herein they differ, that in the holie hiſtories, things are doone by the word of GOD, whereof in the prophane hiſtories there is no expreſſe mention made, and yet neuertheleſſe we acknowledge thoſe things, which be there ſet foorth to be the great works of God.
Propoſitions out of the xiiij. and xv. chapters of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 TO celebrate the praiſes of God in ſongs is not onelie lawfull, but ought to be vſed in the church.
proposition 2 Muſike hath the power to ſtir vp the affections of faithfull men vntounto godlineſſe.
proposition 3 We ought not onelie to giuegive thanks vntounto God, and ſing his praiſe with mans voice, but alſo to adde therevnto inſtruments of muſike.
proposition 4 We muſt take héed, that the words of the churches ſongs be the holie ſcriptures, or elſe taken out of them, and that they may be vnderſtood of the people.
proposition 5 We muſt alſo beware, that the maner of ſinging thoſe ſongs be not laſciuious.
proposition 6 The ſtipends which be giuen to ſingers in the church, ought not to be taken awaie from the miniſters of the word, and from the deacons.
proposition 7 Whereas an apt voice is required in the ſingers of the church, we muſt take héed, that the cenſure of their life be not neglected.
proposition 8 Such muſike muſt be had in the church, as dooth not hinder the praiers and attention of the mind, but further the ſame ſo much as is poſſible.
proposition 9 Danſing in it ſelfe, is not a thing vnlawfull.
proposition 10 To vſe danſes as they now be, where men lead women, and that ſuch as be not their owne, is far from chriſtian godlineſſe.
proposition 11 The danſes, which are ſpoken of in the holie ſcriptures, were of men by themſelues, and women by themſelues.
proposition 12 Actions are iudged to be iuſt and vniuſt, not onelie according to their owne nature, but by the accidents which manie times followe them.
Probable.
proposition 1 THe children of Iſraell, when they paſſed the red ſea, came not to the other ſhore, which was right ouer againſt them.
proposition 2 They held their iornie by ſea, in the forme of a ſemicircle.
proposition 3 The ſea ſhore of the deſert Elim, from whence they departed, was the ſelfe-ſame with that wherevnto they arriued, albeit that the place of the ſhore were not all one.