An abridgement of the Institution of Christian religion written

7 Object. These are particular examples, to the rule whereof all things in general ought not to be reduced.

7 Obiect. These are particular examples, to the rule whereof all things in generall ought not to be reduced.

¹An They prove sufficiently that so often as God will make a way for his providence, he doth bend & turn the wills of men even in outward things, and that their choice is not so free, but that the will of God hath power over the same.² Also daily experience doth teach, that judgement doth often fail even in matters which are nothing intricate: the mind fainteth even in things that are not hard: again counsel is sometimes ready in most hard matters, in dangerous matters the hart and mind get the victory of all straits. Solomon interpreteth that, that the ear may hear, that the eye may see, the Lord maketh both*.³

¹An They proue sufficiently that so often as God will make a way for his prouidence, he doth bend & turne the wills of men euen in outward things, and that their choice is not so free, but that the will of God hath power ouer the same.² Also dayly experience doth teach, that iudgement doth often faile euen in matters which are nothing intricate: the mind fainteth euen in things that are not hard: againe counsell is somtimes readie in most hard matters, in daungerous matters the hart and mind get the victorie of all straites. Solomon interpreteth that, that the eare may heare, that the eye may see, the Lord maketh both*.³