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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.
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And that the holy Supper is a Sacrament of the new covenant, it may appear by the very words of the institution, which the Lord pronounced of the cup saying, This cup is the new Testament or covenant in my blood, that is, a Sacrament of the new covenant.
And that the holy Supper is a Sacramēt of the new couenant, it may appeare by the very words of the institution, which the Lord pronounced of the cup saying, This cup is the new Testament or couenant in my bloud, that is, a Sacrament of the new couenant.
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We call the Lords Supper, the second Sacrament of the new Testament, in respect of Baptism which is the first. For like as in the old Testament, there were two principal Sacraments, Circumcision & ⟨p. 153⟩the Passover, so there are two in the new, Baptism, and the Lords Supper, which directly answer them & succeed in their places. And as none was admitted to the Passover, but the a