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 15, 2024.

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Whither did he ascend?

Into heauen. And least the word Heauen should be doubtfull and vncertaine, or should be onely vnderstood of Heauenly con∣uersation (such as may be euen in the earth) or onely of the hea∣uenly glorie he attained, Luke saith, He was taken vp on high, and Marke, that he was receiued vp into heauen. Act. 3.21. it is there said: That the heauen must containe him. In which manner also Nazianzen doth expoūd it, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉,

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and to be conteined of heauen, vntill the time of restoring. And Oecumenius Scholiastes, he calleth the heauens 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 that is, the receptacle or harbour of him that was sent, namely Christ: to wit, the place of eternall blessednes which is without this corruptible world, and so aboue or without all heauens.

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