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Calvin’s Aphorisms and Letter to Francis the First: In Defense of the Reformation is unavailable, but you can change that!

The 8-volume Tracts and Treatises of John Calvin collection helps modern readers understand Calvin’s role in shaping the Reformation and his lasting influence as the key thinker of Reformed theology. These 28 treatises—written by Calvin, his contemporaries, his supporters, and his detractors—expose and illuminate the emergence of Reformed theology as a legitimate movement during the sixteenth...

may be a stated day for calling upon the name of God, hearing his word, and the performance of sacred ceremonies. 3. That servants may have some relaxation from work. 31. The latter table contains the six following laws as to the duties of loving kindness towards our neighbour. The fifth precept purports, since an observance of God’s own method is pleasing to him, it follows that degrees of rank ordained by him are inviolable. It is, therefore, forbidden us to detract from the dignity of superiors,
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