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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But what doth it it signifie ioyntly,* 1.1 or together to sit or to stand at the right hand of any man?
1 In humane affaires by the figure Metonymia, it signifieth to obtaine the next place of honor & dignity to any man, as Psa. 45, 9 Vpon thy right hand the Queene standeth in a vesture of gold & siluer.
2 To be a fellow and companion, or copartner of the rule and Empyre.
3 To giue helpe and aid, as Psal. 142.4. I looked on my right hand, and beheld whether any stood by me, that is to say, to helpe me.
Metaphorically it is attributed to God, to the Church, to Christ himselfe.
As for God he is said to stand at the right hand of men when he doth helpe and succour them, and protecteth them against their
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enemies, and dangers, as Psal. 16.8. I haue set the Lord alwaies in my sight, for he is at my right hand, that I may not he moued-So is God the father in this sence said to stand at the right hand of Christ, that is to say, that he is in degree of honour and dignitie next vn∣to himselfe· Psal. 45.10, The Queene. 1. The Church, doth stand at thy right hand: namely at the right hand of Christ, that is it stan∣deth in the next degree of dignitie. 3 Christ is said tob 1.2, sitc 1.3, stand andd 1.4 be at the right hand of God the father.