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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...

apprehendi ac possideri, cuius participatione duplicem potissimum gratiam recipiamus: nempe ut eius innocentia Deo reconciliati, pro iudice iam propitium habeamus in coelis Patrem: deinde ut eius Spiritu sanctificati, innocentiam puritatemque vitae meditemur. Ac de regeneratione quidem, quae secunda est gratia, dictum fuit quantum sufficere videbatur. Iustificationis ratio levius ideo attacta est, quoniam ad rem pertinebat intelligere primum, et quam otiosa non sit a bonis operibus fides, qua sola
Volume 2, Page 6
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