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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. IX. Of the likeness and difference of the old and new Testament.
CHAP. IX. Of the likenesse and difference of the old and new Testament.
I. APHORISM.
I. APHORISME.
The word Testament is here used, to signify the covenant, which God made with his people.
THe word Testament is here vsed, to signifie the couenāt, which God made with his people.
II.
The cause wherefore this word is used, is for that the Greek interpreters of the Bible, translated the word Berith (which signifieth a covenant) a[Greek or Hebrew], a Testament: using the word (as it seemeth) in general sense, as if they had [Greek or Hebrew], a covenant. And for this cause the Apostle