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( 21 ) bad example:—that Jesus Christ was the best man that ever appeared in our world; and was sent by God to correct the errors which had crept into the moral world; that his death was a natural incident; and that God raised him from the dead, to show us that our death is not eternal.

So called from two Greek words, which signifies AGAINST, and THE LAW; they sprung up from one John Agricola, who affirmed, that the moral law was altogether madness, and that Christians were not tied to the observation thereof. This sect began about the year 1535.

So called from Thomas Erastus, a physiscian in Heidelberg in Germany, who held that the civil magistrate had the supreme power in church and state.

In the year 1540 this sect arose in the Church of Rome, and was confirmed by Pope Paul II they were employed as missionaries, to advance Popish religion: for which purpose they are all well educated in philosophy school divinity and many other arts and sciences — their founder was one Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish soldier.