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…

4 To search of the time or order when they were created: is no point of godliness or diligence,¹ but curiosity and obstinacy. Dionysius Hierarchy is mere babbling: by occasion whereof also he doeth very well bridle the curious again. The said Dionysius writeth such things in his Book, that he which should read it, would think that the man were slipped down from heaven, and did tell of things not that he had learned by hearsay, but which he had seen with his eyes: But Paul which was ravished above the third heaven,² hath uttered no such thing, but also protesteth that it is not lawful for a man to speak the secretes that he had seen.

4 To search of the time or order whē they were created: is no poynt of godlinesse or diligence,¹ but curiositie and obstinacie. Dionysius Hierarchie is méere babling: by occasion whereof also hée doeth verie well bridle the curious agayne. The sayde Dionysius writeth suche thinges in his Booke, that hée which shoulde reade it, would thinke that the man were slipte downe from heauen, and did tell of thinges not that hée had learned by héeresaye, but which hée had séene with his eyes: But Paule which was rauished aboue the third heauen,² hath vttered no suche thing, but also protesteth that it is not lawfull for a man to speake the secretes that he had séene.

1. 1Gen. 1 2.
2. 22. Cor. 12.2.