:

APREFACEIN
THE NAME OF THE
Churches of France and
which

"Belgia,

profeffe chc reforma-

tion of the Gofpell.

Mhrofe in a certaine place faith notably. There ought to he noflrtfc^hut con^

ference, 4mongthe fervants of ChriH,
For, feeing the duInefTe of mans underftanding , efpecially in heavenly
matters, is fuch,that we cannot ofttimes perceive matters otherwife
very plain,it can by no means be demutuall
conference, and friendly, and
nied, but that by
brotherly debating of the matter, we come to very great
light. And that efpecially feemeth profitable and needfulljthat fome fhould be (et on edge by others, that chofe
things which the Lord hath particularly befiowed upon
feverall members of the Church, may redound tothe
common benefit of the whole body , and that all finifter
affed:ionfetaparr, Chrift, who is the Fathers wiidome,
and the onely Matter and 1 cacher of the Church may be
heard
2.
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