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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.
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The kingdom of Christ beginneth in this life, and is called the kingdom of grace, and it shall be perfected in the life to come, which is called the kingdom of glory. The kingdom of grace is that spiritual kingdom awherein Christ ruleth the harts of his elect by his word and spirit. And this kingdom he administered in the old Testament unto his elect, by Priests and Prophets, & in the beginning of the new Testament by John Baptist, and himself with his Disciples: But at the last he solemnly began to erect the same in the day ofb Pentecost, when he sent the holy Ghost to his holy Apostles, that they might go preach the Gospel to all nations. So then he hath ever continued his kingdom on earth, & shall continue it until he return to judgement, at which time he shall be ruler in the cmiddest of his enemies: whom he plagueth now and then, and destroyeth, ⟨p. 56⟩the last he cast them down, & make them his dfootstool in his most glorious ecoming, at which he shall free all his faithful members from all their afflictions, & carry them with him fto heaven, and make them partakers for ever of his heavenly kingdom, which then shall be the kingdom of glory, when all the Saints shall be translated to heaven, beautified and adorned in their souls with wisdom and holiness, in their bodies with great excellency and immortality, to be with Christ, in inspeakable joys and glory for ever and ever.