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…

7 Seeing the Lord hath contained¹ in his law the perfect rule of well ⟨image 229⟩living, and for two causes doeth keep it to him self only to be our law maker, and therefore he is the King of souls to whom belongeth the power to save, and destroy.

7 Séeyng the Lorde hath contained¹ in his lawe the perfecte rule of well ⟨image 229⟩liuing, and for two causes doeth kéepe it to him selfe only to be our lawe maker, and therefore hée is the King of soules to whom belongeth the power to saue, and destroy.

1. 1Jam. 4.12. Esai. 35.22.Iam. 4.12. Esai. 35.22.

¹8 Which severally he expoundeth more at large, that by consideration of both, he may teach that such constitutions of men are contrary to the word of God. The first of them is, that his will may be a perfect rule of all righteousness and holiness, this Paul useth: in contending against false Apostles. The other that he may only have authority over our souls whom we ought to obey. As touching the Popes constitutions, there are two sorts of them, for some belong to ceremonies and rites, and some to discipline: and first he proveth that both abound with many vices, from the nineth to the sixteenth. Moreover he answereth their arguments, wherewith the authors are wont to defend them selves, from the 17. to the 26.