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Christ the End of the Law: Being the Preface to the Geneva Bible of 1550 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Christ, the End of the Law first appeared in 1550 as the preface to the Geneva Bible. It was translated into English in 1801, and provides an important source of material for understanding Calvin’s conception of the relationship between the law and grace. The trajectory of Scripture, Calvin shows, is toward redemption, and this story culminates in Christ.

Since the Glory of His Power, Goodness, and Wisdom, and his Eternity, are written and, as it were, engraven in all parts of the world, in the heavens and the earth; therefore, St. Paul has very truly said, that, “the LORD did not leave Himself “without witnesses; even towards those to whom He has “not sent any knowledge of His WORD.” Seeing that all His Creatures, from the firmament to the centre of the Earth, can be Witnesses to men and Messengers to them of His glory, to draw them to seek Him;
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