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The first edition of Calvin’s Institutes appeared in 1536, when Calvin was only twenty six years old. It contains six chapters, and became an instant bestseller. The second edition was published in 1539, and was expanded to seventeen chapters, including new references to the works of Augustine, Origin, and other Church Fathers, as well as chapters on the knowledge of God, predestination, and...

mentis intentionem religiose ad eum referet. Nam qui Deum in omni re agenda intueri didieit, simul ab omni vana cogitatione avertitur. Haec illa est nostri abnegatio, quam discipulis suis a primo tirocinio mandat tanta diligentia Christus (Matth. 16:24.): quae ubi semel in animo obtinuit, primum neque superbiae, neque fastui, neque ostentationi, deinde neque avaritiae, neque libidini, neque luxuriae, neqne mollitiei, neque aliis, quae ex amore nostri generantur, malis ullum locum relinquit. Contra
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