Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes.
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Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes.
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Bucanus, Guillaume.
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Printed at London :: By George Snowdon, and Leonell Snowdon [, and R. Field],
1606.
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Catechisms, English.
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"Institutions of Christian religion framed out of Gods word, and the writings of the best diuines, methodically handled by questions and answers, fit for all such as desire to know, or practise the will of God. Written in Latin by William Bucanus Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Lausanna. And published in English by Robert Hill, Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge, for the benefit of our English nation, to which is added in the end the practise of papists against Protestant princes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69010.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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How is sinne deuided being considered after the Doctrine de∣liuered by Christ?
Three waies. The first, wherby one sinne is called, the sinne which reigneth, or the sin which sinneth, another kind of sin which reigneth not, or sinneth not. The sin reigning, is when a man not regenerate ser∣ueth, & as it were looseth the bridle, to sinne, and with whole hart and determinate purpose is caried and rusheth forward to sinne. This also is called voluntarie, because it is done of set pur∣pose and entent, wittingly, with the whole will, and against
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the conscience, to which sinne he is said to liue, whosoeuer is in the flesh, and is said also to be dead in his sinnesb 1.1 who is entan∣gled more in his sinnes, is drowned and dead in them.
The Sinne which raigneth n••t, is when a man regenerate, being drawne backe and reclaymed by Gods spirit is not caried with all his force to sinne, and it is called Inuoluntarium, that which is not with the will, because the godly doe wrestle against it. Rom. 7.19 That euill which I would not, that I doe. To which also theyd 1.2 are said to be dead, in which the vigor and power of sinne (which by a borrowed speech is called the life of sinne) is extinguished by the power of Christ, with whom they are vnited and incoporated by faith: and contrarily they are said to liue to God, or to righ∣teousnes, or to Christ, who labour to attaine innocency and righ∣teousnese 1.3.