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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

and handled Now it remaineth most worthy and reuerend Beza that I shew what moued me to commende and dedicate these Aphorismes vnto you First this haue I done to gaine this little worke the more grace fauour among men as being approued by a man which hath and yet doth best merite of the Church of our age time And herin also I thought it best to follow M. Oleuian who in like manner sought protection and grace for his worke vnder your name Wherefore hauing thus both one drift and scope to instruct soundly such youth as desire the knowledge of holy Scriptures in the principles of Christiā Religion as shortly as may be it was my desire also to send vnto you so to cōmende vnto the Church of God this little worke vnder your most worthie name so much commended as Oleuian speaketh and so much accounted among all the faithfull Next my good will was to giue some publique testimony of my dutifulnesse towardes you and so to confirme my Scholers by my example in that reuerend opinion which they haue already conceiued of your selfe and of your writings and to ●et their loue zeale to know the same ●or albeit your name be long since verie ●etious great and for good cause with them which fauour the truth in most syn●tie so as here my commendation is ●edlesse yet this I trust shal ad some con●matiō of that reuerend opinion which ●ese haue conceiued of you And lastly I desired also hereby to re●ite your loue testified towardes me by 〈◊〉 many approued testimonies as you haue written louing letters vnto me for ●t reuerend mention of me in your last ●itings but specially in your most paine● and learned annotations vpon the new ●estament for albeit I thinke not my selfe ●erefore happy for that any mortall man ●inks so reuerently of me commending ●y poore labors to the Church of Christ ●or I haue learned of the Apostle that ●rayse to be founde and true which shal●e giuen of God to euery man in the last ●ay yet it can not be but comfortable to ●ny good man to haue the commendation of any one who is well knowen and most highly and worthily commended for wisedome and pietie Now I pray the Lord God and Father of our Iesus Christ blesse our labours and godly desires that all students in the Scriptures may by such helpes dayly profite in the knowledge of the heauenly truth that whatsoeuer they haue well and rightly learned they may also profitably and soundly teach the people of God to the glory of Gods name and their owne euerlasting saluation in Christ Iesu Amen A Table of the common places handled in this booke Chap. 1 Of the knowledge of God Pag. 1 Chap. 2 Of the holy Scripture Pag. 3 Chap. 3 Of God Pag. 12 Chap. 4 Of the Angels Pag. 13 Chap. 5 Of the integritie of our first nature where is intreated of the Image of God and of free will Pag. 20 Chap. 6 Of Gods prouidence Pag. 21 Chap. 7 Of Sinne. Pag. 24 Chap. 8 Of the Law of God Pag. 32 Chap. 9 Of the likenesse and difference of the old and new Testament Pag. 39 Chap. 10 Of the person and office of Christ Pag. 51 Chap. 11 Of Faith Pag. 56 Chap. 12 Of Repentance where also is intreated of the life of a Christian and of bearing the Crosse Pag. 59 Chap. 13 Of Iustification Pag. 66 Chap. 14 Of Christian libertie Pag. 85 Chap. 15 Of Offences Pag. 94 Chap. 16 Of Prayer Pag. 26 Chap. 17 Of Predestination Pag. 106 Chap. 18 Of the Resurrection and of life euerlasting Pag. 100 Chap. 19 Of the Church Pag. 114 Chap. 20 Of the Ministers of the Church Pag. 118 Chap. 21 Of Church discipline and gouernement Pag. 123 Chap. 22 Of Vowes Pag. 127 Chap. 23 Of the Sacraments Pag. 130 Chap. 24 Of Baptisme Pag. 137 Chap. 25 Of the Baptisme of infants Pag. 146 Chap. 26 Of the Lordes Supper Pag. 151 Chap. 27 Of the Popish Masse Pag. 173 Chap. 28 Of the Ciuill Magistrate Pag. 182 CHAP. 1. Of the knowledge of God * An Aphorisme is a short sentence selected and set apart or a definition distinction c. I. APHORISME WE know God either as a Act. 14.15 16.17 and chap. 17.24.25 c. Rom. 1.19.20 creator or as b Iohn 17.3 redeemer II. The knowledge of God as 〈◊〉 creator is double The one naturall the other attained III. The naturall knowledge of God as he 〈◊〉 ●eator is that which naturally appea● in such as be of yeares of iudgement ●uch c Rom. 1.18.19 chap. 2 14.15 without instructiō are perswaded 〈◊〉 God is or some diuine essence eter● most mightie most wise most bles●●aker and gouernour of the world ●ll things therein therefore that this ●d must be religiously worshipped IIII. That such knowledge of God is naturally ingraffed in the mindes of men may appeare partly for that barbarous natiōs exercise some religious ceremonies partly also for that the prophane contemners of God are otherwhiles smitten with a most great feare when God sheweth some signes of his maiestie as in thunders and lightnings V. The knowledge of God as he is creator is attained both by humane or Philosophicall speculation and consideration of the a Rom. 1.20 workes of God and by diuine instruction b Gen. 1. Iob. 38.39.40 41. Psal 19.104 Prou. 8.22 c. by the very written word of God VI. The naturall knowledge of God and that also which is attained by mans industrie yeeld some seede of Religion but the same is so corrupted partly by ignorance partly by malice that of it self it can breed in vs but onely c Rom. 1.21.22.23 Act. 17.22 c. 1. Cor. 12. ● superstition and false Religion VII And for the knowledge of God as he is creator attained by the word of God the same is either naked and bare or ioyned with some affection of pietie VIII This last degree of knowledge excelleth all the rest yet it sufficeth not for the true worship of God and mans true feli●e but is sufficient onely as the former degrees to make a man a Rom. 1.20 inexcusable We must haue also by the b Psal 19. by confer v. 8. the v. folowing with the precedent word the knowledge of God as redeemer and the same ●ked knit with the faith and assurance 〈◊〉 Gods children And this is that which ●worthily called a true c Iohn 17.3 a sauing knowledge of God whereby God as he is both creatour and redeemer is acknowledged 〈◊〉 rightly worshipped and whereby also 〈◊〉 become blessed CHAP. II. Of the holy Scripture I. APHORISME THe holy Scripture is that which holy a 2. Tim. 3.16 1. Pet. 1.21 men specially the b Ibid. Prophets and c Rom. 1.2 2. Pet. 1.19 A●ostles d 2. Pet. 3.15.16 moued by the inspiration of the ●oly Ghost haue written to e Rom. 15 4. 1. Tim.

APHORISMES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR A VERIE COMPENDIOVS 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 Be not caried about with diuerse and strange doctrines for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace c. Heb. 13.9 AN CHO RA SPEI AT LONDON Imprinted by Richard Field and Robert Dexter and are to be sold in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Brasen serpent 1596. ●O THE REVE●END FATHER THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Mr. D Goodman Deane of Westminster grace and peace by Iesus Christ WE see right worshipfull that a great nūber blessed bee God for our happy peace and this sweete me so long continued haue at●ed some knowledge of God by 〈◊〉 preaching of the Gospell yet 〈◊〉 few I feare haue truly learned ●d knowen Christ Ephe. 4.19.20 for the wordes Iohn are He that sinneth 1. Iohn 3.6 hath neither seene nor knowne him And Gregorie saith truly Gregor Pastoral cur 1. pars cap. 2. Viuendo conculcant quae non opere sed meditatione didicerunt Looke what knowledge is attained by bare speculation without experience of faith and practise of life it is but a dimme light soone quēched Light is good the first step to life darknesse is euill and daungerous and the way that leadeth vnto death yet most men loue darkenesse more then light Iohn 3.19 because their deeds are euill VVherfore to helpe forwards this kinde of men which do but sip and tast but litle of holy religion I haue spent some houres to translate this little treatise which will giue the willing mind in a very small time a synopsis or short view of the whole bodie of Gods holy truth Three times published in ●tin the pure worship and seruice of God It hath done ●uch good no doubt in Latin and ●rust it shall by Gods blessing and ●oodnesse profite some in English The same reasons which moued the author to commend this booke ●hat good old reuerēd father 〈◊〉 Beza his age his place and cal●g his speciall loue and affection ●wards him were motiues also vn●me right worshipfull to recommend the same vnto you for your Christian care fatherly loue and ●ction towardes me I find to be ●h not in words but in deeds that ●ay and must nothing doubt of ●●r fauorable acceptation Next 〈◊〉 the gift the booke I meane it is 〈◊〉 same for the outward coate and ●lours are onely changed but the ●staunce and matter is the same ●nd as for my loue towardes you I can no way testifie it as I would but vnto God onely in prayer for you The Lord God cōtinue your good health and graunt you the good comfortes of his holie spirite the peace which passeth all vnderstanding in this life and an euerlasting rest in the kingdome of glorie by and through Iesus Christ our alone Sauiour and redeemer Amen The yeare of Christ 1596. Maij. 18. Your worships euer to vse in the Lord Christ Henr. Holland To the Reader THou hast here Christian Reader an abridgement or short vew of Mr. Caluins Institutions a worke so much commended for many yeares and so embraced and published in all reformed Churches in all languages Latin French Dutch English c. as no one worke of any ●te writer hath had the like acceptation and ●nerall approbation Master Caluins Institutions read in opē scholes as Pet. Lumbard by the Schoolemē The learned professors and readers in open scholes haue yearely read ●er and commended this worke vnto their ●ditories as the Schoole men in the blind ●e haue done the Mr. of Sentences and others of late yeares Phil. Melancth Common ●laces Philip. Mel. by Pezellius It was not the authors meaning nor ●y desire to make any man negligent in per●sing the great worke it selfe but rather to excite and helpe slow wits to search into the fountaine whence these small braunches are deriued Let this little booke be therfore vnto thee but as a methodicall index to helpe and confirme memorie The world is full of bookes but few good The light is great I wish it may be greater for light is good and darknes euill It is granted of all men that the essentiall difference betweene man and beast is reason the light of nature but betweene man and man the speciall difference is Religion betweene true Religion and the false the light of God Gods holy written truth The Turkish Paganisme hath an Alcoron the Papacie is grounded vpō the traditiōs of mē the naturall man the seruant of sin will hearken beleeue and follow the poore light of blind reason blind sense and what is more daungerous Iam. 1.13.14 his most blind and corrupt concupiscence the mother of all sin So let the seruant of Christ harkē beleeue obey the holy Gospell of Iesus Christ If mē will not heare they cānot learne if they will not learne Rom. 10.14 they cā not know if they will not know they can not beleeue if they do not beleeue they cā not loue if they do not loue they can not trust if they do not trust they haue no sounde feare if there be no sounde feare they be not humbled if they be not humbled they can not worship God if they be not true worshippers they can not be saued Concerning my translation I haue not followed the authours vvordes but I trust I haue his meaning in plaine and best knowen termes I remenber the vvitty Poet which taught in me youth Non verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Horat. arte Poetic Interpres Againe for my boldnesse libertie somtimes in omission sometimes in addition of vvordes and some few sentences I haue the authour himselfe for example as may appeare to the Epistle following There is nothing ●teriall pretermitted I amplified no where somuch as in the doctrine of the Lordes Sup●●● and there not much for the better vnderstanding of ignoraunt people vvhich so much in most places prophane the same I know that Gregory saith right vvell ●oly ars artium est regimen animarū Gregor Pastor cur 1. p. the ●uernement care of soules is the best arte 〈◊〉 facultie on earth again Praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotiū accedit vt ante aduentum iudicis qui terribiliter sequitur ipse scilicet clamando gradiatur that euerie Minister of Christ as a crier must go on before and that the dreadfull iudge of all the vvorld followes after 2. Cor. 2.16 who then is sufficient for these things True it is that the preaching of the Gospell must be our greatest care I spēd therfore but some houres for my refreshing as it vvere on this manner I trust to offend none iustly my hope is to do good to some and my desire is to many The Lord Christ schoole vs and prepare vs for his kingdome