Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
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Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
Author
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
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At London :: Imprinted by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, and are to be sold in Pauls Churchyard, at the signe of the Brasen serpent,
1596.
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Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17599.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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They be called in Scripture, euill a spi∣rites, b〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, horrible, or terrible, because when they appeared, their very sight did strike some terror in them which saw thē. And c〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, destroyers, because they intend nothing more then the destruction of mē. And these names are found in the old Te∣stament. And in the new,d they are called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because of their knowledge to dis∣couer things secret: and vncleane e spirits, ••ecause they prouoke men vnto all kinde of filthinesse and vncleanesse, being mixt with such vnclean mē to commit abhomi∣••ations. They are also called f principali∣••ities, powers, princes of the world, the gouernors of the darknesse of this world, ••pirituall wickednesses, or euill spirites, because they worke mightely in the re∣probate.