- 16th century, Aphorisms and apothegms, Bible, Bible - Commentaries
Extracts from Calvin's commentaries topically arranged.
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Character
Earnest, grave, cool and spare.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Calvin
- First published
- 1536
- Pages
- 634
- Publisher
- Calvin Translation Society, Ex officina Francisci Perrini, Imp. Richarde Harrison
- Editions
- 120
- Language
- Spanish, frm, French, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9780664250805
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First sentence
“From those matters so far discussed, we clearly see how destitute and devoid of all good things man is, and how he lacks all aids to salvation.”
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