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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 2 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISM.Chapter 2 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISME.
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.
I. APHORISM.
I. APHORISME.
The holy Scripture is that which holy amen specially the bProphets and cApostles, dmoved by the inspiration of the •oly Ghost, have written to eteach the ⟨p. 4⟩people of God the pure worship of God, and what is mans true happiness. Sometimes it is called Gods written word, and the sacred Scriptures: & sometimes without an epithet, the Scriptures, and in the singular number, the Scripture: sometimes in Latin Biblia, of the Greek word in the plural number [Greek or Hebrew], books: but this name other nations also use in the singular number, Bible.
THe holy Scripture is that which holy amen specially the bProphets and c