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 They have an invincible bulwark in Paul as they think,¹ but easy to be battered: For Paul useth a Metaphor when he calleth the doctrines invented by mens brains, wood, hey, and stubble, which so soon as they are cast into the fire, consume and wast, and cannot continue, like as those doctrines cannot continue when they come to be examined. ⟨p. 131⟩Therefore to follow the true cause of his Metaphor, and match the parts together with just relation, he calleth the trial of the holy Ghost fire, for even as the nearer that gold and silver are put into the fire, so much the surer proof have they of their goodness and finesse: so the Lords trueth, the more exactly it is weighed with spiritual examination, so much the greater confirmation of credit it receiveth.

9 They haue an inuincible bulwark in Paul as they thinke,¹ but easie to be battered: For Paul vseth a Metaphor when hee calleth the doctrines inuented by mens braines, wood, hey, and stubble, which so soone as they are cast into the fire, consume and wast, and cannot continue, like as those doctrines cannot continue when they come to be examined. ⟨p. 131⟩Therefore to follow the true cause of his Metaphor, and match the partes together with iust relation, hee calleth the trial of the holy Ghost fire, for euen as the nearer that golde and siluer are put into the fire, so muche the surer proofe haue they of their goodnesse and finesse: so the Lords trueth, the more exactly it is wayed with spirituall examination, so much the greater cōfirmation of credite it receiueth.

1. 11. Cor. 3.12.15.