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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.
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.
•O THE REVEREND FATHER, THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL Mr. D Goodman, Dean of Westminster, grace and peace by Jesus Christ.
•O THE REVE•END FATHER, THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Mr. D Goodman, Deane of Westminster, grace and peace by Iesus Christ.
WE see (right worshipful) that a great number (blessed be God for our happy peace, and this sweet me so long continued) have at•ed some knowledge of God by […] preaching of the Gospel: yet […] few I fear, have truly learned •d known Christ:1 for the words John are, He that sinneth, 2hath neither ⟨image 3⟩seen nor known him. And Gregory saith truly;3 Vivendo conculcant, quae non opere sed meditatione didicerunt. Look what knowledge is attained by bare speculation, without experience of faith, and practise of life, it is but a dim light soon quenched. Light is good, & the first step to life, darkness is evil and dangerous, and the way that leadeth unto death, & yet most men love darkness more then light, 4because their deeds are evil. Wherefore to help forwards this kind of men, which do but sip and taste but little of holy religion, I have spent some hours to translate this little treatise, which will give the willing mind in a very small time a synopsis or short view of the whole body of Gods holy truth,