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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"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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selfe doth shewe that of all Christians it may not be onely once in a yeare, but in frequent vse, as that particle 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 that is, as often as, doth admonish, being twise vsed of Paul, 1. Cor. 25.11. Vndoub∣tedly, that they should often call to remembrance the passion of Christ, and by that remembrance should strengthen their faith, & should ioyne together thēselues, to set forth the praise of God, & to speake of his goodnesse, and finally, that they may goe for∣ward in mutuall loue, the coupling together whereof, they doe see in the vnitie of Christs body.
Augustine saith daily, To take the Eucharist, I neither praise nor dispraise, yet I exhort that it should bee communicated to all vpon the Lords daies: but if not more often, at the least let men communicate thrice in a yeareb.
Neither also doth the example of Christ binde vs to celebrate the Supper in the night: because Christ according to the custome of the Lawe, for the solemnitie of the Paschall Lambe which was to be obserued betweene two euenings, celebrated the Sup∣per a little before night. But we are freed from the olde cere∣monie.
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Epist. 3. b. 2
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De Eccle¦siasticis. Dogm. c. 53