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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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The third difference is, that before ⟨p. 49⟩Christs incarnation the covenant of grace was administered with aless efficacy: but after with bgreater working grace & power of the holy Ghost. For albeit the holy spirit wrought in the elect under the old Testament, by those divine promises & ceremonies, but specially by the csacrifices, such a measure of the knowledge of God as was sufficient unto their everlasting salvation, yet he giveth his elect under the Gospel a dgreater light of knowledge, & so a greater measure of the true love of God. That one example of Abraham's faith, the father of eall the faithful, can not disprove this assertion concerning the regular and ordinary administration under the Gospel.
The third difference is, that before ⟨p. 49⟩Christes incarnation the couenāt of grace was administred with alesse efficacie: but after with bgreater working grace & power of the holy Ghost. For albeit the holy spirite wrought in the elect vnder the old Testamēt, by those diuine promises & ceremonies, but specially by the