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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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Again, Christ must be such a person as is fit to take upon him the office of a amediator: And such was none, but the son of God incarnate: for that he is allied to both the parts which were to be reconciled, and therefore loving both, and beloved of both. Again, he must so perform the office of a mediator between God & us, that by his bdeath, he reconcile us unto God: and this death being God only he could not have suffered, and being man only he could not have overcome. Again, he must be very God, that the propitiatory sacrifice (which was his blood shed for the elect) might be a ransom & csufficient price for our sins: again he must be very man to dsatisfy the justice of God: again a person sanctified of God, that he might be a holy ePriest, and a holy fsacrificer. Again he must be very God, that (after he had by the merit of his ⟨p. 54⟩Priesthood reconciled them unto God, and obtained the holy Ghost for them) he might also him self give them the same holy spirit, to work faith in them, to receive him, and his merits.
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