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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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VII.
And yet we find certain proofs (as •ans reason can conceive) good for the confirmation of the Scripture unto us, as these following; the majesty of that heavenly doctrine, the simplicity, purity and excellency of the stile: the consent also of all parts, the admiration whereunto it calleth us, the antiquity of the books, so many and so wonderful miracles, the admirable complement of all Prophecies, the divine preservation of these books against the fury of the enemies, the con• of the Church, the blood of Martyrs, and lastly the common state and condition […] those men which first writ the same.
And yet we finde certaine proofes (as •ans reason can conceiue) good for the confirmation of the Scripture vnto vs, as these folowing; the maiesty of that heauē ly doctrine, the simplicitie, puritie and excellencie of the stile: the consent also of all partes, the admiration whereunto it calleth vs, the antiquitie of the bookes, so many and so wonderfull miracles, the admirable complement of all Prophecies, the diuine preseruation of these bookes against the furie of the enemies, the con• of the Church, the bloud of Martyrs, and lastly the common state and conditiō 〈…〉 those men which first writte the same.