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A17599	Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.; Institutio Christianae religionis. English. Abridgments	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Piscator, Johannes, 1546-1625.; Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.	1596 (1596)	STC 4374; ESTC S107177	82,272	222

Thine in Christ Iesu Henry Holland THis copie past from my ragged hand after the first writing to the presse immediatly for the whole worke had not aboue six whole dayes The worke-men were wearied with the hand and the hast might haue caused many errours Wherfore I must desire thee good Reader friendly to correct these few saults which haue escaped Errata Pag. 1. marginall note or for as pag. 1. Aphoris 3. of yeares and iudgement pag. 22. Aphoris 3. commendeth for commandeth pag. 39. Aphoris 2. supply as if they had read pag. 42. Aphoris 11. put out stirring pag. 48. Aphoris 17. which came of for which came not of Abrah pag. 56. first line the last for and at the last pag. 69. Aphoris 9. reade by faith imputed vnto vs. pag. 115. Aphoris 5.7.8 in for into pag. 125. Aphoris 6. of for and. pag. 144. Aphoris 16. were for we pag. 172. se 8. panem Domini and panem Dominum transposed pag. 181. Aphor. 14. put out that THE AVTHORS PREface to Maister Beza I Suppose you can remember right reuerend what moued our friend Caspar Oleuian a man of blessed memorie to publish his abridgement of that great worke of that right worthie man of God Maister Caluin I meane his Institutions to wit partly to helpe the Ministers of the Gospell through Germanie to teach Christ soundly for he thought the prolixitie of that volume debarred a great number frō reading it S●lo● H●rbone●sis partly also and principallie for the benefit of our schoole he gaue a summarie exposition thereof handling euery three monethes or quarter one booke or part of the whole so that he finished perfected yearely the Summe of Christian Religiō Oleuians Epitome And I trust the Lord gaue a blessing vnto that his worke that many haue profited thereby which vouchsafed the reading of the same as for my scholers which haue heard his readings I am wel assured they haue profited much therby But when as he was takē by death from vs in the midst of his labours and translated to the celestiall schoole the necessi●ie of this place so requiring dutie binding me as the brethrē which thē were to prouide for this schoole desired I did succeed Oleuian in this worke so anon after his death I began to expounde the abridgement of Caluins Institution vnto ●ine auditorie and in one halfe yeare ●ace for sooner I could not well do it I ●inished the same And when my Scholers desired for their furtherāce in Diuinitie that I would take the paines to appoint thē some Logicall disputations I soone granted their request and therfore to proceede in some lawfull and good course for their more speedie and better profite I did reduce euery point of Christian doctrine so soone as I finished any place in the Institution into some few Aphorismes and the same I propounded vnto them for disputation And this was the first cause of writing these Aphorismes In collecting them I haue vsed Christian libertie I haue not followed the very wordes of the authour for that could not well be done the authors stile being full and large and Aphorismes requiring breuitie and I added some thing in the sentences which is not in that abridgment yet the worke agreeth wel as I thinke and as the brethren iudge with the authors doctrine and specially with the holy Scriptures Theses Again I rather call these sentences Aphorismes then as they be called vsually theames or questions for the word thesis carieth some signe of doubtfulnesse with it as may be seene with Aristotle in his Topickes where disputers are said aliquid 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to set downe some thing which they do not auouch to be true for the Logitian saith Aristotle in those bookes must not affirme any thing as truth but this belongeth to him onely which can bring proofe by demonstratiue conclusions but such as dispute Logically are ready to defend their position as true or at least wise as probable And some time the word thesis with Aristotle signifieth some absurde opinion caried about vnder the name of some famous Philosopher But these sentences contained in these Aphorismes are neither absurde but to such wits as be not inlightned and sanctified by Gods spirite nor such as any Christian may lawfully doubt off Here some man will aske wherefore then are they propounded to be disputed vpon ●d so to be called in question I answer ●beit we dispute of them yet we doubt not of the truth of them for that is not the ●nd wherefore we propose them in disputation but that our auditorie may the better see and know the truth of them and to ●e more assured of the same by hearing ●ll obiections of heretickes and all scru●les that may sticke in their mindes an●wered and resolued by the word of God and so both the ignorant receiue better instruction and the weaker confirmation in the heauenly truth But some will say what neede was there these Aphorismes shuld be published seeing they were written for the special and proper vse of thine auditorie I haue herein also followed M. Oleuian that most faithfull Minister and seruaunt of Christ for his desire was that his abridgments might not only benefite such as heard him here but straungers also of other countreys If he thought his abridgement should please many because of breuitie much more may I expect the like fauour for that I am herein more compendious then he For these short Aphorismes containe the chiefe points of Christiā Religion barely propounded 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 much like a withered body or certaine iointes and bones without skinne flesh or synewes such as Anatomistes reserue for demonstration sake So here we haue taken away the fulnes and glory of that stile as the skinne and flesh therof but the sentences which appertaine to any one place of Christian doctrine as things which most concerne the perfection of a body ●e like bare and naked bones knit and ●inted one with an other But some will 〈◊〉 that this is but dry and bare stuffe in ●ede without any sap or grace in it I an●r and graunt these bones be but bare 〈◊〉 are they bones that is firme and solid ●ngs indeede which neither want good ●ewes nor iuice and marow of heauen● doctrine in them Such as desire a more ●pious stile let them either reade that a●dgement or the authours great worke ●selfe For my drift was not in this labour to withdraw any man from the au●urs worke but rather to giue an easie ●roduction therunto and to winne and 〈◊〉 excite such as fauour holy Religion the ●re to embrace that worke For I trust ●at he which vnderstandeth the chiefe ●ounds of Gods truth set forth and con●ned in these Aphorismes if he be ca●ed with a true zeale to learne and re●iue the knowledge of Gods heauenly ●eritie shall the rather desire to see these ●oints in the author himselfe where they ●re more fully disputed

4.19.16 2. Tim. 3.15.16.17 Iohn 5 39. Chap. 20.31 teach the people of God the pure worship of God and what is mans true happinesse Sometimes it is called Gods written word and the sacred Scriptures sometimes without an epithet the Scriptures and in the singular number the Scripture somtimes in Latin Biblia of the Greeke word in the plurall number 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bookes but this name other nations also vse in the singular number Bible II. The holy Scripture is diuided into the bookes of the old and of the new Testament or couenaunt for that it was written partly before partly after the incarnation of Christ The first part is called bookes or writings Propheticall the second Apostolicall III. In the old Testament are numbred 24. bookes yet so as we count the storie of Samuell of the Kings and of the Chronicles and the 12. small Prophets to haue but one seuerall booke in euerie story as may appeare in this table folowing ● Genesis or the 1. booke of Moses ● Exodus or the 2. booke of Moses ● Leuiticus or the 3. booke of Moses ● Numeri or the 4. booke of Moses ● Deuteron or the 5. booke of Moses ● Iosua ● Iudges ● Ruth ● Samuels 2. bookes commonly called 1. and 2. of Kings ● Kings 2. bookes called also 3. and 4. of Kings ● Chronicles 2. bookes ● Ezra ● Nehemia ● Hester ● Iob. ● The booke of Psalmes ● The Prouerbes of Salomon ● Ecclesiastes or the Preacher ● Canticles or Song of Salomon ● Esayah ● Ieremy ad here his Lamentations ● Ezechiell ● Daniell 24. The small Prophets 12. 1. Hosea 2. Ioel. 3. Amos. 4. Obadaiah 5. Ionas 6. Michah 7. Nahum 8. Habacuc 9. Zephaniah 10. Haggai 11. Zachariah 12. Malachi The bookes of the new Testament are 27. which are these 1. The Gospel according to S. Mathew 2. The Gospell according to S. Marke 3. The Gospell according to S. Luke 4. The Gospell according to S. Iohn 5. The Actes of the Apostles 6. Pauls Epistle to the Romaines 7. Epistle 1. to the Corinthians 8. Epistle 2. to the Corinthians 9. Epistle to the Galathians 10. Epistle to the Ephesians 11. Epistle to the Philippians 12. Epistle to the Colossians 13. 1. Epistle to the Thessalonians 14. 2. Epistle to the Thessalonians 15. 1. Epistle to Timothie 16. 2. Epistle to Timothie 17. Epistle to Titus 18. Epistle to Philemon 19. Epistle to the Hebrues 20. The Epistle of S. Iames. 21. 1. Epistle of S. Peter 22. 2. Epistle of S. Peter 23. 1. Epistle of S. Iohn 24. 2. Epistle of S. Iohn 25. 3. Epistle of S. Iohn 26. Epistle of Iude. 27. The Reuelation of S. Iohn IIII. This Scripture or the word of God ●●ntained in this Scripture is the a 2. Pet. 1.19 rule ●th of faith and life for all the true worshippers of God because God is the b 2. Tim. 3.16 2. Pet. 1.21 au●our of it who cannot lye and hath authoritie to commaunde all men and ●herefore auncient writers call them ●ookes canonicall or Canonicall Scrip●ures Vnto this volume also are vsually annexed certaine other bookes which are ●alled Apocrypha that is bookes kept hid 〈◊〉 secret for that we must not bring these 〈◊〉 light when we are to confirme any doctrine concerning faith or Gods worship by diuine testimonies V. And as for the absolute authoritie of this Scripture it consisteth in those very words wherein it was first written for that the same words were spoken a 2. Tim. 3.16 2. Pet. 1.21 by the holy Ghost vnto these holy writers and they arc Hebrue in the old and Greeke in the new Testament The translations or interpretations of other languages haue their credit and authoritie as they be founde to agree with the first fountaines whence they are deriued VI. And albeit this Scripture ought to be receiued of all mē for that it came by the inspiration of Gods spirit and is of credit sufficient of it selfe yet before the same be sealed in our harts by the a Es 39.21 Iohn 14 26. and 15.26 ●6 13 Rom 8.16 1. Ioh. 2 27. chap. 5.6 holy Ghost we cannot haue any certain knowledge of the power thereof that so we may with full assurance trust thereunto VII And yet we finde certaine proofes as ●ans reason can conceiue good for the confirmation of the Scripture vnto vs as these folowing the maiesty of that heauēly doctrine the simplicitie puritie and excellencie of the stile the consent also of all partes the admiration whereunto it calleth vs the antiquitie of the bookes so many and so wonderfull miracles the admirable complement of all Prophecies the diuine preseruation of these bookes against the furie of the enemies the con● of the Church the bloud of Martyrs and lastly the common state and conditiō 〈◊〉 those men which first writte the same VIII And albeit the cōsent of the Church be ●great argumēt to commende the autho●ie of the Scripture vnto vs yet the Po●sh assertiō is false that the authoritie of ●he Scripture doth hāg vpō the iudgmēt of the Church as if we could not beleeue ●he Scripture or as if the Scripture were ●ot to be trusted if the iudgement of the Church did not moue vs thereunto by testifying that these are the holy Scriptures and commaunding vs to reuerence them as the truth IX Neither yet doe we here despise the iudgment of the Church whē we ascribe not therunto that which is due vnto God which is to assure vs of the truth of this celestiall doctrine We must I graunt highly esteeme of the testimonie of the true Church For the Church as a Notary keepeth the holy Scriptures and discerneth the true Scriptures of God from the false as the goldfiner trieth and discerneth gold frō copper by his touch-stone and as a skilfull man can teach vs to know good coyne which the ignorant knoweth not Againe the true Church as a cōmon cryer doth publish the Scriptures and lastly doth rightly interpret the same X. Forasmuch as the onely Hebrue text in the old Testament and the Greeke in the new is authēticall hath absolute authoritie the Councel of Trent consequētly must erre where it giueth caution to ●ld the Latin old vulgar edition as authenticall in all publique readings dispu●ations sermons and expositions and that no man be so bold or presume to reiect it vnder any colour XI And seeing the Scripture is giuen to instruct vs concerning Gods worship ●r saluatiō those phantasticall wits must ●re which laying aside the Scripture flye ●nto reuelations XII And whereas the scope of God in the scripture is to teach men concerning his holy worship and mans true happinesse it foloweth then that it is so absolute perfect that it containeth all things needfull ●or this end purpose For otherwise we should say that God himselfe doth not at●ine that which he purposed and this to speake is against the omnipotēcy of God XIII If the