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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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When the good Angels were to deli•r any message from God unto men, they •peared in the likeness of ayoung men, •y beautiful in sight, and sometimes inning with some excellent brightness. sometimes they have appeared in fiery bo•es, either like men, as in the vision of Isaiah in the Temple:b or like horses and harrets, as in the translation or transpor•tion cof Elijah, and in the protection of Elisha dagainst the Syrians. They •ue also appeared sometimes when men •ave seen them with their eyes ewaking: •nd sometimes to men in their fsleep: and sometimes also when men watched, •ut yet overtaken with some great g