<div style="display:block" id="di"><p class="TOC1" id="toci"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.i.html" title="Title Page" name="titlepage">Title Page</a></p><p class="TOC1" id="tocii"><a href="javascript:t('dii.i','pii.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="pii.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.html" title="Prefatory Material">Prefatory Material</a></p><div style="display:none" id="dii.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.i.html" title="Introduction">Introduction</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.ii.html" title="The Printers to the Readers. ">The Printers to the Readers. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.iii.html" title="The Original Translator’s Preface. ">The Original Translator’s Preface. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.iv.html" title="Table I. Of Passages from the Holy Scriptures">Table I. Of Passages from the Holy Scriptures</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.v"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.v.html" title="Table II. Of Hebrew Words Explained.">Table II. Of Hebrew Words Explained.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.vi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.vi.html" title="Table III. Of Greek Words Explained.">Table III. Of Greek Words Explained.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.vii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.vii.html" title="Index to Authors Quoted">Index to Authors Quoted</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.viii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.viii.html" title="Prefatory Address">Prefatory Address</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.ix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.ix.html" title="The Epistle to the Reader">The Epistle to the Reader</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.x"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.x.html" title="Subject of the Present Work">Subject of the Present Work</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.xi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.xi.html" title="Epistle to the Reader. ">Epistle to the Reader. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.xii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.xii.html" title="Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work.">Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocii.xiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.ii.xiii.html" title="General Index of Chapters.">General Index of Chapters.</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tociii"><a href="javascript:t('diii.i','piii.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="piii.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.html" title="BOOK FIRST. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR ">BOOK FIRST. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR </a></p><div style="display:none" id="diii.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.i.html" title="ARGUMENT. ">ARGUMENT. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.ii.html" title="CHAPTER 1. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF OURSELVES MUTUALLY CONNECTED. —NATURE OF THE CONNECTION. ">CHAPTER 1. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF OURSELVES MUTUALLY CONNECTED. —NATURE OF THE CONNECTION. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.iii.html" title="CHAPTER 2. - WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,—TENDENCY OF THIS KNOWLEDGE.">CHAPTER 2. - WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,—TENDENCY OF THIS KNOWLEDGE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.iv.html" title="CHAPTER 3. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD NATURALLY IMPLANTED IN THE HUMAN MIND.">CHAPTER 3. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD NATURALLY IMPLANTED IN THE HUMAN MIND.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.v"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.v.html" title="CHAPTER 4. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD STIFLED OR CORRUPTED, IGNORANTLY OR MALICIOUSLY. ">CHAPTER 4. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD STIFLED OR CORRUPTED, IGNORANTLY OR MALICIOUSLY. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.vi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.vi.html" title="CHAPTER 5. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CONSPICUOUS IN THE CREATION, AND CONTINUAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD.">CHAPTER 5. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CONSPICUOUS IN THE CREATION, AND CONTINUAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.vii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.vii.html" title="CHAPTER 6. - THE NEED OF SCRIPTURE, AS A GUIDE AND TEACHER, IN COMING TO GOD AS A CREATOR">CHAPTER 6. - THE NEED OF SCRIPTURE, AS A GUIDE AND TEACHER, IN COMING TO GOD AS A CREATOR</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.viii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.viii.html" title="CHAPTER 7. - THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT NECESSARY TO GIVE FULL AUTHORITY TO SCRIPTURE. THE IMPIETY OF PRETENDING THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE DEPENDS ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH.">CHAPTER 7. - THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT NECESSARY TO GIVE FULL AUTHORITY TO SCRIPTURE. THE IMPIETY OF PRETENDING THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE DEPENDS ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.ix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.ix.html" title="CHAPTER 8. - THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE SUFFICIENTLY PROVED IN SO FAR AS NATURAL REASON ADMITS.">CHAPTER 8. - THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE SUFFICIENTLY PROVED IN SO FAR AS NATURAL REASON ADMITS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.x"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.x.html" title="CHAPTER 9. - ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF PIETY SUBVERTED BY FANATICS, WHO SUBSTITUTE REVELATIONS FOR SCRIPTURE.">CHAPTER 9. - ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF PIETY SUBVERTED BY FANATICS, WHO SUBSTITUTE REVELATIONS FOR SCRIPTURE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xi.html" title="CHAPTER 10. - IN SCRIPTURE, THE TRUE GOD OPPOSED, EXCLUSIVELY, TO ALL THE GODS OF THE HEATHEN.">CHAPTER 10. - IN SCRIPTURE, THE TRUE GOD OPPOSED, EXCLUSIVELY, TO ALL THE GODS OF THE HEATHEN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xii.html" title="CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD.">CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xiii.html" title="CHAPTER 12. - GOD DISTINGUISHED FROM IDOLS, THAT HE MAY BE THE EXCLUSIVE OBJECT OF WORSHIP.">CHAPTER 12. - GOD DISTINGUISHED FROM IDOLS, THAT HE MAY BE THE EXCLUSIVE OBJECT OF WORSHIP.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xiv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xiv.html" title="CHAPTER 13. - THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE IN THREE PERSONS TAUGHT, IN SCRIPTURE, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.">CHAPTER 13. - THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE IN THREE PERSONS TAUGHT, IN SCRIPTURE, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xv.html" title="CHAPTER 14. - IN THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, AND ALL THINGS IN IT, THE TRUE GOD DISTINGUISHED BY CERTAIN MARKS FROM FICTITIOUS GODS.">CHAPTER 14. - IN THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, AND ALL THINGS IN IT, THE TRUE GOD DISTINGUISHED BY CERTAIN MARKS FROM FICTITIOUS GODS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xvi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xvi.html" title="CHAPTER 15. - STATE IN WHICH MAN WAS CREATED. THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL—THE IMAGE OF GOD—FREE WILL—ORIGINAL RIGHTEOUSNESS">CHAPTER 15. - STATE IN WHICH MAN WAS CREATED. THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL—THE IMAGE OF GOD—FREE WILL—ORIGINAL RIGHTEOUSNESS</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xvii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xvii.html" title="CHAPTER 16. - THE WORLD, CREATED BY GOD, STILL CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY HIM. EACH AND ALL OF ITS PARTS GOVERNED BY HIS PROVIDENCE.">CHAPTER 16. - THE WORLD, CREATED BY GOD, STILL CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY HIM. EACH AND ALL OF ITS PARTS GOVERNED BY HIS PROVIDENCE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xviii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xviii.html" title="CHAPTER 17. - USE TO BE MADE OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE.">CHAPTER 17. - USE TO BE MADE OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociii.xix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iii.xix.html" title="CHAPTER 18. - THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE WICKED EMPLOYED BY GOD, WHILE HE CONTINUES FREE FROM EVERY TAINT">CHAPTER 18. - THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE WICKED EMPLOYED BY GOD, WHILE HE CONTINUES FREE FROM EVERY TAINT</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tociv"><a href="javascript:t('div.i','piv.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="piv.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.html" title="BOOK SECOND. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL.">BOOK SECOND. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL.</a></p><div style="display:none" id="div.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.i.html" title="ARGUMENT. ">ARGUMENT. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.ii.html" title="CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN.">CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.iii.html" title="CHAPTER 2. - MAN NOW DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM OF WILL, AND MISERABLY ENSLAVED.">CHAPTER 2. - MAN NOW DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM OF WILL, AND MISERABLY ENSLAVED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.iv.html" title="CHAPTER 3. - EVERY THING PROCEEDING FROM THE CORRUPT NATURE OF MAN DAMNABLE.">CHAPTER 3. - EVERY THING PROCEEDING FROM THE CORRUPT NATURE OF MAN DAMNABLE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.v"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.v.html" title="CHAPTER 4. - HOW GOD WORKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.">CHAPTER 4. - HOW GOD WORKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.vi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.vi.html" title="CHAPTER 5. - THE ARGUMENTS USUALLY ALLEGED IN SUPPORT OF FREE WILL REFUTED.">CHAPTER 5. - THE ARGUMENTS USUALLY ALLEGED IN SUPPORT OF FREE WILL REFUTED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.vii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.vii.html" title="CHAPTER 6. - REDEMPTION FOR MAN LOST TO BE SOUGHT IN CHRIST.">CHAPTER 6. - REDEMPTION FOR MAN LOST TO BE SOUGHT IN CHRIST.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.viii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.viii.html" title="CHAPTER 7. - THE LAW GIVEN, NOT TO RETAIN A PEOPLE FOR ITSELF, BUT TO KEEP ALIVE THE HOPE OF SALVATION IN CHRIST UNTIL HIS ADVENT.">CHAPTER 7. - THE LAW GIVEN, NOT TO RETAIN A PEOPLE FOR ITSELF, BUT TO KEEP ALIVE THE HOPE OF SALVATION IN CHRIST UNTIL HIS ADVENT.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.ix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.ix.html" title="CHAPTER 8. - EXPOSITION OF THE MORAL LAW.">CHAPTER 8. - EXPOSITION OF THE MORAL LAW.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.x"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.x.html" title="CHAPTER 9. - CHRIST, THOUGH KNOWN TO THE JEWS UNDER THE LAW, YET ONLY MANIFESTED UNDER THE GOSPEL.">CHAPTER 9. - CHRIST, THOUGH KNOWN TO THE JEWS UNDER THE LAW, YET ONLY MANIFESTED UNDER THE GOSPEL.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xi.html" title="CHAPTER 10. - THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW.">CHAPTER 10. - THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xii.html" title="CHAPTER 11. - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS.">CHAPTER 11. - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xiii.html" title="CHAPTER 12. - CHRIST, TO PERFORM THE OFFICE OF MEDIATOR, BEHOVED TO BECOME MAN.">CHAPTER 12. - CHRIST, TO PERFORM THE OFFICE OF MEDIATOR, BEHOVED TO BECOME MAN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xiv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xiv.html" title="CHAPTER 13. - CHRIST CLOTHED WITH THE TRUE SUBSTANCE OF HUMAN NATURE.">CHAPTER 13. - CHRIST CLOTHED WITH THE TRUE SUBSTANCE OF HUMAN NATURE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xv.html" title="CHAPTER 14. - HOW TWO NATURES CONSTITUTE THE PERSON OF THE MEDIATOR.">CHAPTER 14. - HOW TWO NATURES CONSTITUTE THE PERSON OF THE MEDIATOR.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xvi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xvi.html" title="CHAPTER 15. - THREE THINGS BRIEFLY TO BE REGARDED IN CHRIST—VIZ. HIS OFFICES OF PROPHET, KING, AND PRIEST.">CHAPTER 15. - THREE THINGS BRIEFLY TO BE REGARDED IN CHRIST—VIZ. HIS OFFICES OF PROPHET, KING, AND PRIEST.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xvii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xvii.html" title="CHAPTER 16. - HOW CHRIST PERFORMED THE OFFICE OF REDEEMER IN PROCURING OUR SALVATION. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST.">CHAPTER 16. - HOW CHRIST PERFORMED THE OFFICE OF REDEEMER IN PROCURING OUR SALVATION. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tociv.xviii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.iv.xviii.html" title="CHAPTER 17. - CHRIST RIGHTLY AND PROPERLY SAID TO HAVE MERITED GRACE AND SALVATION FOR US.">CHAPTER 17. - CHRIST RIGHTLY AND PROPERLY SAID TO HAVE MERITED GRACE AND SALVATION FOR US.</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tocv"><a href="javascript:t('dv.i','pv.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="pv.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.html" title="BOOK THIRD. THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT.">BOOK THIRD. THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT.</a></p><div style="display:none" id="dv.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.i.html" title="ARGUMENT. ">ARGUMENT. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.ii.html" title="CHAPTER 1. - THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE SECRET OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT.">CHAPTER 1. - THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE SECRET OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.iii.html" title="CHAPTER 2. - OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES.">CHAPTER 2. - OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.iv.html" title="CHAPTER 3. - REGENERATION BY FAITH. OF REPENTANCE.">CHAPTER 3. - REGENERATION BY FAITH. OF REPENTANCE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.v"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.v.html" title="CHAPTER 4. - PENITENCE, AS EXPLAINED IN THE SOPHISTICAL JARGON OF THE SCHOOLMEN, WIDELY DIFFERENT FROM THE PURITY REQUIRED BY THE GOSPEL. OF CONFESSION AND SATISFACTION.">CHAPTER 4. - PENITENCE, AS EXPLAINED IN THE SOPHISTICAL JARGON OF THE SCHOOLMEN, WIDELY DIFFERENT FROM THE PURITY REQUIRED BY THE GOSPEL. OF CONFESSION AND SATISFACTION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.vi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.vi.html" title="CHAPTER 5. - OF THE MODES OF SUPPLEMENTING SATISFACTION—VIZ. INDULGENCES AND PURGATORY.">CHAPTER 5. - OF THE MODES OF SUPPLEMENTING SATISFACTION—VIZ. INDULGENCES AND PURGATORY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.vii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.vii.html" title="CHAPTER 6. - THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN. SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS EXHORTING TO IT.">CHAPTER 6. - THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN. SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS EXHORTING TO IT.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.viii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.viii.html" title="CHAPTER 7. - A SUMMARY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OF SELF-DENIAL.">CHAPTER 7. - A SUMMARY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OF SELF-DENIAL.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.ix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.ix.html" title="CHAPTER 8. - OF BEARING THE CROSS—ONE BRANCH OF SELF-DENIAL.">CHAPTER 8. - OF BEARING THE CROSS—ONE BRANCH OF SELF-DENIAL.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.x"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.x.html" title="CHAPTER 9. - OF MEDITATING ON THE FUTURE LIFE.">CHAPTER 9. - OF MEDITATING ON THE FUTURE LIFE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xi.html" title="CHAPTER 10. - HOW TO USE THE PRESENT LIFE, AND THE COMFORTS OF IT.">CHAPTER 10. - HOW TO USE THE PRESENT LIFE, AND THE COMFORTS OF IT.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xii.html" title="CHAPTER 11. - OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED.">CHAPTER 11. - OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xiii.html" title="CHAPTER 12. - NECESSITY OF CONTEMPLATING THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD, IN ORDER TO BE SERIOUSLY CONVINCED OF THE DOCTRINE OF GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.">CHAPTER 12. - NECESSITY OF CONTEMPLATING THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD, IN ORDER TO BE SERIOUSLY CONVINCED OF THE DOCTRINE OF GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xiv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xiv.html" title="CHAPTER 13. - TWO THINGS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.">CHAPTER 13. - TWO THINGS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xv.html" title="CHAPTER 14. - THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE.">CHAPTER 14. - THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xvi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xvi.html" title="CHAPTER 15. - THE BOASTED MERIT OF WORKS SUBVERSIVE BOTH OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN BESTOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF THE CERTAINTY OF SALVATION.">CHAPTER 15. - THE BOASTED MERIT OF WORKS SUBVERSIVE BOTH OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN BESTOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF THE CERTAINTY OF SALVATION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xvii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xvii.html" title="CHAPTER 16. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO THROW ODIUM ON THIS DOCTRINE.">CHAPTER 16. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO THROW ODIUM ON THIS DOCTRINE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xviii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xviii.html" title="CHAPTER 17. - THE PROMISES OF THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL RECONCILED.">CHAPTER 17. - THE PROMISES OF THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL RECONCILED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xix.html" title="CHAPTER 18. - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF WORKS IMPROPERLY INFERRED FROM REWARDS.">CHAPTER 18. - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF WORKS IMPROPERLY INFERRED FROM REWARDS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xx"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xx.html" title="CHAPTER 19. - OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY.">CHAPTER 19. - OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxi.html" title="CHAPTER 20. - OF PRAYER—A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT.">CHAPTER 20. - OF PRAYER—A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxii.html" title="CHAPTER 21. - OF THE ETERNAL ELECTION, BY WHICH GOD HAS PREDESTINATED SOME TO SALVATION, AND OTHERS TO DESTRUCTION.">CHAPTER 21. - OF THE ETERNAL ELECTION, BY WHICH GOD HAS PREDESTINATED SOME TO SALVATION, AND OTHERS TO DESTRUCTION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxiii.html" title="CHAPTER 22. - THIS DOCTRINE CONFIRMED BY PROOFS FROM SCRIPTURE.">CHAPTER 22. - THIS DOCTRINE CONFIRMED BY PROOFS FROM SCRIPTURE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxiv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxiv.html" title="CHAPTER 23. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH THIS DOCTRINE IS ALWAYS UNJUSTLY ASSAILED.">CHAPTER 23. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH THIS DOCTRINE IS ALWAYS UNJUSTLY ASSAILED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxv.html" title="CHAPTER 24. - ELECTION CONFIRMED BY THE CALLING OF GOD. THE REPROBATE BRING UPON THEMSELVES THE RIGHTEOUS DESTRUCTION TO WHICH THEY ARE DOOMED.">CHAPTER 24. - ELECTION CONFIRMED BY THE CALLING OF GOD. THE REPROBATE BRING UPON THEMSELVES THE RIGHTEOUS DESTRUCTION TO WHICH THEY ARE DOOMED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocv.xxvi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.v.xxvi.html" title="CHAPTER 25. - OF THE LAST RESURRECTION.">CHAPTER 25. - OF THE LAST RESURRECTION.</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tocvi"><a href="javascript:t('dvi.i','pvi.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="pvi.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.html" title="BOOK FOURTH. OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH ">BOOK FOURTH. OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH </a></p><div style="display:none" id="dvi.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.i.html" title="ARGUMENT. ">ARGUMENT. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.ii.html" title="CHAPTER 1. - OF THE TRUE CHURCH. DUTY OF CULTIVATING UNITY WITH HER, AS THE MOTHER OF ALL THE GODLY.">CHAPTER 1. - OF THE TRUE CHURCH. DUTY OF CULTIVATING UNITY WITH HER, AS THE MOTHER OF ALL THE GODLY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.iii.html" title="CHAPTER 2. - COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FALSE CHURCH AND THE TRUE. ">CHAPTER 2. - COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FALSE CHURCH AND THE TRUE. </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.iv.html" title="CHAPTER 3. - OF THE TEACHERS AND MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH. THEIR ELECTION AND OFFICE.">CHAPTER 3. - OF THE TEACHERS AND MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH. THEIR ELECTION AND OFFICE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.v"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.v.html" title="CHAPTER 4. - OF THE STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, AND THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT IN USE BEFORE THE PAPACY.">CHAPTER 4. - OF THE STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, AND THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT IN USE BEFORE THE PAPACY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.vi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.vi.html" title="CHAPTER 5. - THE ANCIENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT UTTERLY CORRUPTED BY THE TYRANNY OF THE PAPACY.">CHAPTER 5. - THE ANCIENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT UTTERLY CORRUPTED BY THE TYRANNY OF THE PAPACY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.vii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.vii.html" title="CHAPTER 6. - OF THE PRIMACY OF THE ROMISH SEE.">CHAPTER 6. - OF THE PRIMACY OF THE ROMISH SEE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.viii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.viii.html" title="CHAPTER 7. - OF THE BEGINNING AND RISE OF THE ROMISH PAPACY, TILL IT ATTAINED A HEIGHT BY WHICH THE LIBERTY OF THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED, AND ALL TRUE RULE OVERTHROWN.">CHAPTER 7. - OF THE BEGINNING AND RISE OF THE ROMISH PAPACY, TILL IT ATTAINED A HEIGHT BY WHICH THE LIBERTY OF THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED, AND ALL TRUE RULE OVERTHROWN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.ix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.ix.html" title="CHAPTER 8. - OF THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ARTICLES OF FAITH. THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE.">CHAPTER 8. - OF THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ARTICLES OF FAITH. THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.x"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.x.html" title="CHAPTER 9. - OF COUNCILS AND THEIR AUTHORITY">CHAPTER 9. - OF COUNCILS AND THEIR AUTHORITY</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xi.html" title="CHAPTER 10. - OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS.">CHAPTER 10. - OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xii.html" title="CHAPTER 11. - OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHURCH, AND THE ABUSES OF IT, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE PAPACY.">CHAPTER 11. - OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHURCH, AND THE ABUSES OF IT, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE PAPACY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xiii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xiii.html" title="CHAPTER 12. - OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH, AND ITS PRINCIPAL USE IN CENSURES AND EXCOMMUNICATION.">CHAPTER 12. - OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH, AND ITS PRINCIPAL USE IN CENSURES AND EXCOMMUNICATION.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xiv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xiv.html" title="CHAPTER 13. - OF VOWS. THE MISERABLE ENTANGLEMENTS CAUSED BY VOWING RASHLY.">CHAPTER 13. - OF VOWS. THE MISERABLE ENTANGLEMENTS CAUSED BY VOWING RASHLY.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xv.html" title="CHAPTER 14. - OF THE SACRAMENTS.">CHAPTER 14. - OF THE SACRAMENTS.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xvi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xvi.html" title="CHAPTER 15. - OF BAPTISM.">CHAPTER 15. - OF BAPTISM.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xvii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xvii.html" title="CHAPTER 16. - PÆDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN.">CHAPTER 16. - PÆDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xviii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xviii.html" title="CHAPTER 17. - OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, AND THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY IT">CHAPTER 17. - OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, AND THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY IT</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xix"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xix.html" title="CHAPTER 18 - OF THE POPISH MASS. HOW IT NOT ONLY PROFANES, BUT ANNIHILATES THE LORD’S SUPPER.">CHAPTER 18 - OF THE POPISH MASS. HOW IT NOT ONLY PROFANES, BUT ANNIHILATES THE LORD’S SUPPER.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xx"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xx.html" title="CHAPTER 19. - OF THE FIVE SACRAMENTS, FALSELY SO CALLED. THEIR SPURIOUSNESS PROVED, AND THEIR TRUE CHARACTER EXPLAINED.">CHAPTER 19. - OF THE FIVE SACRAMENTS, FALSELY SO CALLED. THEIR SPURIOUSNESS PROVED, AND THEIR TRUE CHARACTER EXPLAINED.</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvi.xxi"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vi.xxi.html" title="CHAPTER 20. - OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT.">CHAPTER 20. - OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT.</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tocvii"><a href="javascript:t('dvii.i','pvii.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="pvii.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vii.html" title="ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS, ">ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS, </a></p><div style="display:none" id="dvii.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tocvii.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vii.i.html" title="BOOK 1 ">BOOK 1 </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvii.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vii.ii.html" title="BOOK 2 ">BOOK 2 </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvii.iii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vii.iii.html" title="BOOK 3 ">BOOK 3 </a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocvii.iv"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.vii.iv.html" title="BOOK 4">BOOK 4</a></p></div><p class="TOC1" id="tocviii"><a href="javascript:t('dviii.i','pviii.i')"><img alt="Click to expand or collapse this item" title="Click to expand or collapse this item" src="http://static.ccel.org/pix/shut.gif" onmouseover="javascript:highlight(this)" onmouseout="javascript:unhighlight(this)" id="pviii.i"/></a><a class="TOC" href="institutes.viii.html" title="Indexes">Indexes</a></p><div style="display:none" id="dviii.i"><p class="TOC2" id="tocviii.i"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.viii.i.html" title="Index of Scripture References">Index of Scripture References</a></p><p class="TOC2" id="tocviii.ii"><a class="TOC" href="institutes.viii.ii.html" title="Index of Pages of the Print Edition">Index of Pages of the Print Edition</a></p></div></div>
