An abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written

18 Now we must declare what mans reason doth see, when he is come to the kingdom of God, to that spiritual sight: which consisteth principally in three things: to know God: to §2know his fatherly favour toward us wherein our salvation consisteth:¹ and the way to frame the life according to the rule of the law. In the first §1two, & also properly in the second, the most witty §2men are blinder then moles.

18 Nowe wee must declare what mans reason doth see, when he is come to the kingdome of God, to that spirituall sight: which consisteth principallie in three thinges: to knowe God: to §2know his fatherlie fauour towarde vs wherein our saluation consisteth:¹ and the way to frame the life according to the rule of the law. In the first §1two, & also properlie in the second, the most wittie §2men are blinder then moles.

1. 1In spiritual thingsIn spirituall thinges

19 John teacheth this most excellently,¹ * when he writeth that life was in God from the beginning, and that life which was the light of men: that this light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not. It was the especial revelation of the father,