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.

Is there one faith without forme and another formed?

So certaine schoolemen will haue it, who call faith without forme such an assent, whereby euerie man euen he that despiseth God, doth receiue that which is deliuered out of the Scripture without any godly affection of the heart. And they call faith for∣med when to that assent there is added a godly affection of the heart, namely Charitie, but this is but foolish. For faith rather be∣longeth to the heart then to the braine. Rom. 10.10. With the hart a man beleeueth vnto righteousnesse.

2 Seeing faith proceedeth from the spirit of adoption, it em∣braceth Christ, not onely vnto righteousnesse, but to sanc∣tification also, and a fountaine of liuing waters,a 1.1.

3 Charitie or the affection of Godlinesse doth no lesse ac∣companie faith, then the light doth accompanie the Sunne, And as Gregorie saith: Looke how much wee beleeue, so much we loue. And therefore faith is not without forme, neyther can be any way seuered from Godly affection, vnlesse it be hypocriti∣call, which is not to be called faith, vnlesse it be 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, by aequi∣uocation, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 by abusion, but rather a shadow and like∣nesse of faith.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Iohn, 4, 14