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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XXXI.
Moreouer if we consider all the causes of our saluation, we shall finde the grace of God to shine bright in euery one of them, excluding the righteousnesse of our workes. For the authour of our saluation is God, the Father, Sonne & holy Ghost. The Father first, in that a of his meere b grace & free loue, he sent his sonne vnto vs, to redeeme vs from the dominiō of the deuill. Next the Sonne, in that of his free louec towards vs, he became d obedient to his father vnto the death of the crosse, and so hath satisfied e the iustice of God for vs. Lastly the holy Ghost, in that he giueth vs f faith, whereby we apprehend the iustice which Christ hath purchased for vs by his
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death. The end also, the Apostle saith, is the g manifestation of Gods iustice, and the prayse of his h goodnesse.