A69054:1062
The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reverend father, M. John Calvin, compendiously…The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reuerend father, M. Iohn Caluin, compendiously…
The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reverend father, M. John Calvin, compendiously abridged by Edmond Bunny Bachelor of divinity; and translated into English by Edward MayThe institutions of Christian religion, written by the reuerend father, M. Iohn Caluin, compendiously abridged by Edmond Bunnie Bachellour of diuinitie; and translated into English by Edward May
London: printed for William Norton, 1580
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Cap. 10. Of the power of making laws, wherein the Pope and his have used a most cruel tyranny and butchery upon souls.
Cap. 10. Of the power of making lawes, wherin the Pope and his haue vsed a most cruell tyrannie and butchery vppon soules.
First he treateth, as it were generally, of humane restitutions, from the first to the eight: secondly of Papistical ceremonies, from the nineth to the six & twenty: thirdly, of good, and lawful, from the seven & twenty to the two and thirty.
FIrst he treateth, as it were generally, of humane restitutions, from the first to the eight: secondly of Papisticall ceremonies, from the nineth to the six & twentie: thirdly, of good, and lawful, from the seuen & twentie to the two and thirtie.
1 Now in that he entereth this ⟨image 228⟩disputation whether it is lawful for the church to bind consciences by their laws,1 this is the state of the question, to contend against Ecclesiastical traditions, lately brought in, not the politic laws.