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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.
1First heaven, and earth, and flowing fields of seas, The shining globe of Moon, and Ti•ans stars, Sprite feeds within, and throughout all the limbs Infused mind the whole huge mass doth move, And with the large big body mix it self. Thence come the kinds of men and eke of beasts, And lives of flying fowls, and monsters strange, That water bears within the marble sea. A fiery liveliness and heavenly race there is Within those seeds. &c.
1Fyrst heauen, and earth, and flovvyng fieldes of seas, The shinyng globe of Moone, and Ti•ans starres, Sprite fedes vvithin, and throughout all the lymmes Infused mynde the vvhole huge masse dooth moue, And vvith the large bigge body mixe it selfe. Thense come the kyndes of men and eke of beastes, And lyues of fliyng foules, and monsters straunge, That vvater beares vvithin the marble sea. A fyry lyuelynesse and heauenly race there is VVithin those seedes. &c.
- 1Aene. vi
Forsooth, that the world which was created for a spectacle of the glory of God, should be the creator of it self. So in an other place the same author following the common opinion of the Greeks and Latins, sayeth: Some say that bees have part of mind divine, 1And heavenly draughts. For eke they say, that God Goeth through the coasts of land, and creeks of sea, And through deep sky. And hence the flocks and herds: ⟨p. 8⟩And men, and all the kinds of savage beasts, Each at their birth receive their subtle lives, And thereto are they rendered all at last, And all resolved are returned again. Ne place there is for death: but lively they Fly into number of the Stars above, And take their place within the lofty sky.