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The Institution of Christian Religion
The institution of Christian religion, written in Latin by master John Calvin, and translated into English according to the authors last edition. Seen and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queens majesties injunctionsThe institution of Christian religion, vvrytten in Latine by maister Ihon Caluin, and translated into Englysh according to the authors last edition. Seen and allowed according to the order appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions
London: printed by Reinolde Wolfe & Richard Harison, 1561London: printed by Reinolde VVolfe & Richarde Harison, 1561
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.
And that saying of John Baptist,1 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten that is in the bosom of the father, hath declared him unto us, doth not exclude the godly which had ben dead before him, from the fellowship of the understanding & light that shineth in the person of Christ. But comparing their estate with ours, he teacheth that those mysteries, which they saw but darkly under shadows, are manifest to us: as the author of the epistle to y• Hebrews doth well set out, saying, that: God diversly and many ways spake in old time by the Prophets,2 but now by his beloved Sonne. Although therefore that only begotten one, which is at this day to us the brightness of the glory, & the point of the substance of God the father, was in old time known ⟨image 146⟩to the Jews, as we have in an other place alleged out of Paul, that he was the guide of the old deliverance: yet is it true, which the same Paul else where teacheth,3 that God which commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath now shined upon our hearts to set forth the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ: because when he appeared in this his image, he did in a manner make himself visible, in comparison of the dark and shadowish form that had ben of him before. And so much the more foul and detestable is their unthankfulness & perverseness, that are here so blind at mid day. And therefore Paul saith, that their minds are darkened by Satan, that they should not see the glory of Christ shining in the gospel, though there be no veil set between them and it.
And that sayeng of Iohn Baptist,1 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten that is in the bosome of the father, hath declared him vnto vs, doth not exclude the godly whiche had ben dead before him, frō the •elowship of the vnderstandyng & light that shineth in the persone of Christ. But cōparyng their estate with oures, he teacheth yt those misteries, which thei saw but darkly vnder shadowes, are manifest to vs: as the author of the episte to y Hebrewes doth wel set out, sayeng, that: God diuersly and many wayes spake in olde time by the Prophetes,