A69054:121
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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21 Hitherto he hath led those that are willing to learn, as it were by the hand, but now he contendeth with the obstinate and contentious, at the least wise to this end, that the willing learners may have whereupon steadfastly to set their feet. And here truly, if any where, he requireth singular sobriety, that neither our thought or tongue proceed any farther then the bonds of Gods word do extend.
21 Hitherto he hath ledde those that are willing to learne, as it were by the hande, but nowe he contendeth with the obstinate and contentious, at the least wise to this end, that the willing learners may haue whervpon stedfastly to set their féete. And here truely, if any where, he requireth singular sobrietie, that neither our thought or tongue procéede any farther then the bondes of Gods word doe extende.
22 In the beginning he professeth that he will neither make a register of heresies, wherewith the pureness of faith in this point of doctrine, hath in times past been assailed: neither strive any more with Arius or Sabellius, but only with Seruet, and certain other of our time. But Seruetus heresy he taketh away in this only Section, where John sayeth, that the word was God, 1before the world was yet created, he maketh it much differing from a conception or form whereof Seruetus dreameth. But if then also, yea & from the farthest eternity of time, that word which was God, was with the father, and had his ⟨image 26⟩own proper glory with the father, he could not be an outward or figurative shining: but it necessarily followeth, that he was an Hypostasis that did inwardly abide in God, and although there be no mention made of the Spirit, but in the history of the creation of the world,2 yet he is not there brought in as a shadow, but as an essential power of God, when Moses showeth that the very unfashioned lump was sustained in him: therefore he would not be an Image or representation of God, as Seruetus dreameth.