Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion

Name: Aphorisms of Christian religion
Author: John Calvin

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.

John Calvin 1509–1564London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596

[24], 197, [3] p. · 35k words · STC 4374 · ESTC S107177

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Chapter 1 › Aphorism 7: VII.

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VII.

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And for the knowledge of God as he is creator, attained by the word of God, the ⟨p. 3⟩same is either naked and bare, or joined with some affection of piety.

And for the knowledge of God as he is creator, attained by the word of God, the ⟨p. 3⟩same is either naked and bare, or ioyned with some affection of pietie.

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VIII.

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This last degree of knowledge excelleth all the rest: yet it sufficeth not for the true worship of God, and mans true feli•e, but is sufficient only (as the former degrees) to make a man^a inexcusable. We must have also by the ^b

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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion

VII.

VIII.

CHAP. II. Of the holy Scripture.

I. APHORISM.

I. APHORISME.

II.

III.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

VII.

VIII.

CHAP. II. Of the holy Scripture.

I. APHORISM.

I. APHORISME.

II.

III.

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