Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin Translated from the original Latin, and collated with the author’s last edition in French, by John Allen Sixth American Edition, Revised and Corrected. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication 1813 CONTENTS Advertisement. The Translator’s Preface. The Author’s Preface to An Edition Published In The Year 1559, With His Last Corrections And Additions. Dedication. General Syllabus. Book I. On The Knowledge Of God The Creator. Argument. Chapter I. The Connection Between The Knowledge Of God And The Knowledge Of Ourselves. Chapter II. The Nature And Tendency Of The Knowledge Of God. Chapter III. The Human Mind Naturally Endued With The Knowledge Of God. Chapter IV. This Knowledge Extinguished Or Corrupted, Partly By Ignorance, Partly By Wickedness. Chapter V. The Knowledge Of God Conspicuous In The Formation And Continual Government Of The World. Chapter VI. The Guidance And Teaching Of The Scripture Necessary To Lead To The Knowledge Of God The Creator. Chapter 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. Chapter VIII. Rational Proofs To Establish The Belief Of The Scripture. Chapter IX. The Fanaticism Which Discards The Scripture, Under The Pretence Of Resorting To Immediate Revelations, Subversive Of Every Principle Of Piety. Chapter X. All Idolatrous Worship Discountenanced In The Scripture, By Its Exclusive Opposition Of The True God To All The Fictitious Deities Of The Heathen. Chapter XI. Unlawfulness Of Ascribing To God A Visible Form. All Idolatry A Defection From The True God. Chapter XII. God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be Solely And Supremely Worshipped. Chapter XIII. One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught In The Scriptures From The Beginning. Chapter XIV. The True God Clearly Distinguished In The Scripture From All Fictitious Ones By The Creation Of The World. Chapter 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. Chapter XVI. God’s Preservation And Support Of The World By His Power, And His Government Of Every Part Of It By His Providence. Chapter XVII. The Proper Application Of This Doctrine To Render It Useful To Us. Chapter XVIII. God Uses The Agency Of The Impious, And Inclines Their Minds To Execute His Judgments, Yet Without The Least Stain Of His