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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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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.
XIIII.
Baptism, that asucceeded in place of Circumcision, doth illustrate the promise of grace, under the type ofb washing, for as by water the cfilthiness of the body is done away; so by the blood dof Christ shed on the Cross, and by faith sprinkled on our harts, our souls are purged from sin. But Baptism sealeth unto us the ⟨p. 134⟩promise of grace, in that every one is washed in that water, which is the Sacrament of the blood of Christ shed on the cross.
Baptisme, that asucceeded in place of Circumcision, doth illustrate the promise of grace, vnder the type ofb washing, for as by water the cfilthinesse of the body is done away; so by the bloud dof Christ shed on the Crosse, and by faith sprinckled on our harts, our soules are purged from sinne. But Baptisme sealeth vnto vs the ⟨p. 134⟩