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 19 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISM.Chapter 19 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISME.

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I. APHORISM.

I. APHORISME.

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The Church is a ^amultitude of men ^beffectually ^ccalled by the preaching of the ^dGospel, and therefore they be such as believe in Christ, and ^eprofess his faith, and ^fserve God in the faith; accounting in this number with the elect, their ^gchildren, and the children of hypocrites, which as yet by their age are not capable of this calling.

THe Church is a ^amultitude of men ^beffectually ^ccalled by the preaching of the ^d

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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion

I. APHORISM.

I. APHORISME.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

I. APHORISM.

I. APHORISME.

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