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 14, 2024.
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Why is man said to be made after the image of God, in respect of his dignitie and lordship?
Because that by his rule and authoritie which he hath ouer all li∣uing creatures, and ouer all the creatures of this earth, he did re∣present God himselfe, the soueraigne Lord of al things vpon earth. For he saith: Beare ye rule (to wit, the man and the woman) ouer the fishes of the sea, and the fowles of the ayre, ouer the beasts, and ouer the whole earth, Gen. 1.26. And Psal. 8.7. Thou hast appointed him Lord ouer the works of thy hands. To which belongeth that, that A∣dam by his authoritie & preheminence giuen by God, did in the be∣ginning
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summon all liuing creatures before him, to which calling of his, they did obey, Genes. 2.19.20. And this image belongeth to the externall appointment of God: whence also 1. Corinth. 11.7. by reason of his authoritie ouer his wife and ouer his whole family, Man is called the image of God. For in that preheminence whereby the man doth excell the woman, the glorie and image of God is seene in some sort, as in all other superioritiea 1.1. And the woman was not made after this image, but it is peculiar to the man, which is ga∣thered both from the very order and end of the creation: for the woman was made of the man, and for the mans sake, but not of the contrarie. 1. Cor. 11.8.9.