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 May 2, 2024.
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What is life eternall?
It is a glorious estate, wherein the elect being most perfectly ioyned vnto Christ their head, after the Resurrection that shall be of the dead,m shall know God with his Angels in heauen after such a manner, that we are not worthie yet to speake of, and shall en∣ioy his presence, and praise him for euer, hauing obtained the so∣ueraigne good that Christ hath purchased for vs, and shall be con∣formable vnto his likenes in bodie and soule as he is man.
Or, it is the state of the blessed after this life, wherein shall be a perpetuall acknowledgement of God, perpetuall righteousnesse,
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without sinne and death, continuall ioy, free from trouble, griefe, heauines and mourning.n. In a word,, eternall life shall be a cer∣taine perfection of soules and bodies, wherein there shall be no∣thing blame-worthie, but according to the pleasure of God all things shall perfectly serue the will of Christ, the Creator and Redeemer.