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…

9 He shaketh the place of Paul out of their hands,¹ wherewith they are wont to defend their ignorance: moreover he pointeth as it were with the finger, what it is that driveth them into error, that is, that when the word of faith hath diverse significations, they not considering the diversity of the thing signified, dispute as though it were taken for one thing in all places alike, they also for teaching sake, do willingly grant that there are divers sorts of faith, besides that only faith of the godly: There may undoubtedly ⟨image 106⟩be two sorts of men to whom the testimony of faith abusively is attributed: the one of them which acknowledgeth nothing else than Christian religion: the other of them which come to this point also, that they are touched with great reverence thereof.

9 Hée shaketh the place of Paule out of their handes,¹ wherewith they are wont to defende their ignorance: moreouer hee pointeth as it were with the finger, what it is that driueth them into errour, that is, that when the worde of faith hath diuerse significations, they not considering the diuersitie of the thing signified, dispute as though it were taken for one thing in all places alike, they also for teaching sake, doe willingly graunt that there are diuers sortes of faith, besides that onely faith of the godly: There may vndoubtedly ⟨image 106⟩be two sorts of men to whom the testimonie of faith abusiuely is attributed: the one of them which acknowledgeth nothing else than Christian religion: the other of them which come to this point also, that they are touched with great reuerence thereof.

1. 11. Cor. 13.2 This word Faith, is taken for power of doing miracles which every ungodly man allusively hath: for the gift of prophesies and tongues, & other gifts, of graces, are aswell with the wicked as with the godly.