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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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Again, the Lord by the word, works only by one sense in us, namely the sense of hearing, whereby comes knowledge & so faith. Rom. 10.14.15. And this sense in deed is now since the corruption of our nature, the sense of learning and understanding, and so the principal to breed & beget faith in us: but before the fall of Adam the sight (I take it) was the principal sense to receive and learn wisdom and understanding in the view and consideration of the works of God.1 The Lord therefore in the Sacrament, hath respect to the sight and all other senses: for in and by the Sacrament the soul doth not only hear Christ (as in the word) but also see Christ, touch Christ, smell & taste, and so feed upon ⟨p. 156⟩Christ and all his benefits.
Againe, the Lord by the word, workes onely by one sense in vs, namely the sense of hearing, whereby comes knowledge & so faith. Rom. 10.14.15. And this sense in deede is now since the corruption of our nature, the sense of learning and vnderstanding, and so the principall to breed & beget faith in vs: but before the fall of Adam the sight (I take it) was the principall sense to receiue and learne wisedome and vnderstanding in the vewe and consideratiō of the workes of God.1 The Lord therfore in the Sacrament, hath respect to the sight and all other senses: for in and by the Sacrament the soule doth not onely heare Christ (as in the word) but also see Christ, touch Christ, smell & tast, and so feed vpō