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…

22 There arise out of this one error so many signs of error, that here we have the nature of superstition expressed always, falling from worse to worse, ⟨p. 171⟩and this he showeth by three degrees,¹ the last of them declared by their examples, and the refusal of the council of Carthage.

22 There arise out of this one errour so many signes of errour, that here wée haue the nature of superstition expressed alwaies, falling frō worse to worse, ⟨p. 171⟩and this hée sheweth by thrée degrées,¹ the last of them declared by their examples, and the refusall of the counsell of Carthage.

1. 1Jer. 2.18.Ier. 2.18.

23 Coming to their arguments,¹ first because they reason, from the office and duty of Angels, secondly, from the place of Jeremiah, he wipeth away both.² If they will compare holy men departed, to Angels,³ they should prove that they are ministering Spirits, to whom is committed the ministry to look to our safety, to whom the charges given to keep us in all our ways, to go about us to admonish & counsel us, to watch for us, all which things are given to Angels, but not to them. No man dare execute the office of an Advocate before an earthly Judge, unless he be admitted: Why should worms then have so great liberty to thrust unto GOD those for Patrons, to whom the office is not enjoined? As for the place of Jeremiah we may reason of the contrary, that neither Moses nor Samuel made intercession for the people of Israel, therefore there was no intercession at all of the dead