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An abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written
An abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written by M. John Calvin. Wherein brief and sound answers to the objections of the adversaries are set down. By William Lawn minister of the word of God. Faithfully translated out of Latin into English by Christopher Fetherstone minister of the word of GodAn abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written by M. Ihon Caluin. VVherein briefe and sound ansvveres to the obiections of the aduersaries are set dovvne. By VVilliam Lawne minister of the word of God. Faithfullie translated out of Latine into English by Christopher Fetherstone minister of the word of God
Edinburgh: printed by Thomas Vautrollier, 1586
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2 And God doeth so declare himself to be one, that he doth distinctly propound and set forth himself to be considered in three persons, which except we hold, there doth only the bare name of God swim about in our brain, without the true god.
2 And God doeth so declare himself to be one, that hee doth distinctlie propounde and set foorth himself to be considered in three persons, which except wee holde, there doth onlie the bare name of God swim about in our brain, without the true god.
An. When the Apostle calleth the son of God the engraven form of his fathers person,* undoubtedly he assigneth some being to the father wherein he differeth from his son:1 the same reason is in the holy ghost: because we shall prove by and by that he is both God and yet that we must needs think that he is another then the father.
An. When the Apostle calleth the sonne of God the ingrauen forme of his fathers person,* vndoutedly he assigneth some being to the father wherein he differeth from his sonne: