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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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XVI.
Now the meditation of the life to come, which is the second part of a Christian life, is such, that it carieth with it a contempt and a loathing of this apresent life, according to the measure of illumination and knowledge, which God hath given unto us, both of the bvanity of this present life by our continualc miseries, and of the corruption dof our nature by our daily transgressions, and according to the measure of taste, which the holy Ghost hath given us of the glory and ejoys of the life to come.
Now the meditatiō of the life to come, which is the second part of a Christiā life, is such, that it carieth with it a contempt and a lothing of this apresent life, according to the measure of illumination and knowledge, which God hath giuen vnto vs, both of the bvanitie of this present life by our continualc miseries, and of the corruption dof our nature by our dayly transgressions, and according to the measure of tast, which the holy Ghost hath giuē vs of the glory and