reject. He has sent the sword and not peace. Whoever now destroys his Word and institutions, whether they be outward or internal, should after sufficient instruction be properly esteemed as a destroyer of the indivisible cloak of Christ.a Concerning the ceremonies of the Old Testament, however, we clearly find that God himself has abolished them, Isa. 1:12–17; Jer. 6:20; Ezek. 20:39; Amos 5:21–24. But concerning the ceremonies of the New Testament we do not read that Christ has done away with them.
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