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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"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 7, 2024.
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Did not the Patriarchs also and Prophets preach the Gospell and mention it in their writings?
Although euen from the beginning of the world, the ministery of the Gospell was signified to the fathers, and the Prophets spoke and wrote of this as Gen. 3.15. The seed of the woman shall breake the head of the Serpent. And Gen. 12.3.e 1.1. In thy seede shall all na∣tions be blessed, Gen. 49.10. Silo (that is Christ the seed of the wo∣man borne of her womhe without the operation of man) shall come when the scepter and kingly dignitie is taken from Iudah. Deut. 18.15. God there repeateth and illustrateth the promise of the Gospellf 1.2. Isa. 7.14. Behold a virgine shall beare a sonne, and shall call his name Immanuell, that is, God with vs, because the
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word was made flesh. Iohn. 1.24. And the whole 35 Chapter containeth an Euangelical Sermon concerning the death of Christ and the fruits thereof. Notwithstanding that which they preached was rather the promises of the Gospell, then the Gospell it selfe, seeing they prophecied of a thing to come, but did not declare and publish the thing alreadie exhibited and performed. Gal. 3.16 To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. Therefore the Apostle speaketh thus, Rom. 1.1. Set a part to the Gospell of God, (namely to preach it) which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures. If it were promised, therefore it was not al∣readie then exhibited. And 1. Pet. 1.10. Of which saluation the Prophets haue enquired and searched forth, who haue prophecied of the grace which was to come vpon vs. But at length the Apostles did publish it being exhibited, whereupon sometimes they call it their owne Gospell. Rom. 2, 16. God shall iudge the secrets of men by Christ Iesus according to my Gospell: and 2. Cor. 4.3. But if our Gospell be hidden, &c. By these speaches they shew themselues the preach∣ers not the authors of it.