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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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13 Or much more because the life of some is stuffed with many vices,1 for although the Church of Christ be holy, yet is it mingled with good & evil men: it is like a floor wherein the wheat is gathered together that lieth hidden under the chaff, till being cleansed with Fan and Sieve, it be at length laid up in garner: therefore in vain seek they a Church sprinkled with no spot, sith the Lord hath pronounced that ⟨image 205⟩the Church, till the day of judgement shall be troubled with evil.
13 Or much more because the life of some is stuffed with many vices,1 for although the Church of Christ be holy, yet is it mingled with good & euill men: it is like a floore wherein the wheate is gathered togeather that lieth hidden vnder the chaffe, tyll being cleansed with Fanne and Siue, it bée at length laide vp in garner: therefore in vaine séeke they a Church sprinkled with no spot, sith the Lord hath pronoūced that ⟨image 205⟩the Church, till the day of iudgement shalbe troubled with euill.
14 But seeing that is not equally received of all men,1 first (which chiefly belongeth to the vices of manners) he proveth, the same to be sufficiently declared by the example of the Corinthians, who notwithstanding that they are infected with many vices, do not only not strike them with extreme thunderbolts of division, or banishment from the kingdom of Christ, but also reporteth it a church of Christ & a fellowship of saints, so he found a Church among the Galatians which almost were utter forsakers of the Gospel.