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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.

^[4410] Eph. v. 4.

42. That faith is of advantage altogether, and that we can do as much as we believe.

^[4411] Gen. xv. 6.

^[4412] Isa. vii. 9.

^[4413] Matt. xiv. 31.

^[4414] Matt. xvii. 20.

^[4415] Mark xi. 24.

^[4416] Mark ix. 22.

^[4417] Hab. ii. 4.

43. That he who believes can immediately obtain (i.e., pardon and peace).

^[4418] Acts viii. 36, 37.

44. That believers who differ among themselves ought not to refer to a Gentile judge.

^[4419] [The oath on the Bible in our courts, and other Christian forms, are important in Christian morals, as bearing upon our right to seek redress at the law, while it is Christian law.]

^[4420] 1 Cor. vi. 1, 2.

^[4421] 1 Cor. vi. 7-9.

45. That hope is of future things, and therefore that our faith concerning those things which are promised ought to be patient.

^[4422] Some read“ exspectamus,” “we wait for it.”

^[4423] Rom. viii. 24, 25.

46. That a woman ought to be silent in the church.

^[4424] 1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35. [Women might have spiritual gifts, like the daughters of Philip, Acts xxi. 9; but even such are here forbidden to use them in the public worship of the Church.]

^[4425] 1 Tim. ii. 11-14.

47. That it arises from our fault and our desert that we suffer, and do not perceive God’s help in everything.

^[4426] Hos. iv. 1-4.

^[4427] Isa. lix. 1-4.

^[4428] Zeph. i. 2, 3.

48. That we must not take usury.

^[4429] The Oxford edition has “the fourteenth.” [Elucidation XIII.]

^[4430] Ps. xv. 5.

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