A17676:848
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
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.
An. Paul separateth him from the common condition*, that he may be very man without vice and corruption, saying, The first Adam is of the ⟨p. 120⟩earthly & natural, the second from heaven heavenly.
An. Paule separateth him from the common condition*, that he may be verie man without vice and corruption, saying, The first Adam is of the ⟨p. 120⟩earthly & naturall, the second frō heauen heauenly.
Object. If Christ be free from all blot, and begotten of the seed of Mary by the secret working of the Spirit, then the seed of the woman is not unclean, but the seed of man.
Obiect. If Christ be free from all blot, and begotten of the seed of Mary by the secret working of the Spirit, then the seed of the woman is not vncleane, but the seede of man.
An. We make not Christ free from all blot, because he was begotten only of his mother, without having any knowledge of man, but because he was sanctified by the Spirit, that the generation might be pure, such as it should have been before the fall of Adam.
An. We make not Christ free from all blot, because he was begotten onely of his mother, without hauing anie knowledge of man, but because he was sanctified by the Spirit, that the generation might be pure, such as it should haue bene before the fall of Adam.