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Institutes Of The Christian Religion Book 1 (Allen Translation)

Now, my design in this work has been to prepare and qualify students of theology for the reading of the divine word, that they may have an easy introduction to it, and be enabled to proceed in it without any obstruction. For I think I have given such a comprehensive summary, and orderly arrangement of all the branches of religion, that, with proper attention, no person will find any difficulty in determining what ought to be the principal objects of his research in the Scripture, and to what end he ought to refer any thing it contains. This way, therefore, being prepared, if I should hereafter publish any expositions of the Scripture, I shall have no need to introduce long discussions respecting doctrines, or digressions on common topics, and therefore shall always compress them within a narrow compass. This will relieve the pious reader from great trouble and tediousness, provided he come previously furnished with the necessary information, by a knowledge of the present work. But as the reason of this design is very evident in my numerous Commentaries, I would rather have it known from the fact itself, than from my declaration.

Farewell, friendly reader; and if you receive any benefit from my labours, let me have the assistance of your prayers with God our Father.
(Summary by John Calvin. Geneva, 1st August, 1559.)

Year of Publication: 1813Genres: Christianity - Commentary

Running Time: 10 hours 00 minute 44 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	I. The Connection Between The Knowledge Of God And The Knowledge Of Ourselves. David Ronald	8:44
2	II. The Nature And Tendency Of The Knowledge Of God. David Ronald	8:50
3	III. The Human Mind Naturally Endued With The Knowledge Of God. David Ronald	8:40
4	IV. This Knowledge Extinguished Or Corrupted, Partly By Ignorance, Partly By Wickedness. David Ronald	12:37
5	V. The Knowledge Of God Conspicuous In The Formation And Continual Government Of The World. David Ronald	47:58
6	VI. The Guidance And Teaching Of The Scripture Necessary To Lead To The Knowledge Of God The Creator. David Ronald	13:57
7	VII. The Testimony Of The Spirit Necessary To Confirm The Scripture, In Order To The Complete Establishment Of Its Authority. The Suspension Of Its Authority On The Judgment Of The Church, An Impious Fiction. David Ronald	20:54
8	VIII. Rational Proofs To Establish The Belief Of The Scripture. David Ronald	33:39
9	IX. The Fanaticism Which Discards The Scripture, Under The Pretence Of Resorting To Immediate Revelations, Subversive Of Every Principle Of Piety. David Ronald	11:19
10	X. All Idolatrous Worship Discountenanced In The Scripture, By Its Exclusive Opposition Of The True God To All The Fictitious Deities Of The Heathen. David Ronald	9:36
11	XI. Unlawfulness Of Ascribing To God A Visible Form. All Idolatry A Defection From The True God. David Ronald	51:35
12	XII. God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be Solely And Supremely Worshipped. David Ronald	12:14
13	XIII Part 1. One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught In The Scriptures From The Beginning. David Ronald	1:00:43
14	XIII Part 2. One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught In The Scriptures From The Beginning. David Ronald	1:00:04
15	XIV. The True God Clearly Distinguished In The Scripture From All Fictitious Ones By The Creation Of The World. David Ronald	1:08:47
16	XV. The State Of Man At His Creation, The Faculties Of The Soul, The Divine Image, Free Will, And The Original Purity Of His Nature. David Ronald	42:38
17	XVI. God's Preservation And Support Of The World By His Power, And His Government Of Every Part Of It By His Providence. David Ronald	41:46
18	XVII. The Proper Application Of This Doctrine To Render It Useful To Us. David Ronald	57:51
19	XVIII. God Uses The Agency Of The Impious, And Inclines Their Minds To Execute His Judgments, Yet Without The Least Stain Of His Perfect Purity. David Ronald	28:52