Excerpt from The Institution of Christian Religion

The preface. Of fuch learned men, as my tranllation being allowed by their iu'dgementi, I did both fatisfie mine owne confcience tliati had done truly, and their a proouing of it might be a good warrant to the reader, that nothing (eould herein be dehuered him but found, vnmingled, and vncorrupted dottri'ne, then in futh fort as the author himfelfe had firil framed-it. All thati wrote, the graue, learned, and vertuous man M. Dmu'd srebmd (whome I name with honorable remembrance) did among other, com are with the Latine, examining euery fentence throughout the whole bookebefide all this, i priuately required many generally al men with whomi euer had any talke of this matter, that if they found any thing ci ther not truly tranllated, or not plainly Englifh ed, they would enforme me thereof, promifing either to fatisfie them or to amend it Since which time I haue not beene aduertifed by any man of any thing which they would require to be altered. Neither had I my felfe, by reafon of my pro fefsion being otherwife occupied any leafure to peruf e it. 'and that is the caufe, wh not onely at the fe cond and third time but alfo at this iinprell' fion, youliaue no change at all in the worke, but altogether as it was be fore. In deede I perceiued many men well minded and fiudious of this booke, to require a table for their eaf e and furtherance. Their honeft de fire I haue fulfilled in the fecond edition, and haue added thereto aplen tifull table, which is allo here infeited which I haue tranllated out of the Latine, wherein the_principal matters difcourfed in this booke are named by their due titles in order of Alphab et, and vnder euery title is fet foorth a briefe fumme of the whole do�trine taught in this booke concerning the matter belonging to that title or common place and therwith is ad ded the Booke, Chapter, and Se�'tion or diuifion of the Chapter, Where the fame doarine is, more largely exprefled and prooued. And for the readier finding thereof, I haue caufed the number of the Cha ters to be fet vpon euery leafe in the booke, and quoted the Seelions allio by their due numbers with the vfuall figures of Algoriline. And now at this lafl publiihing, my friendes by whole charge it is now newly imprinted in a Romane letter and finaller volume, with diners other Tables, whieh fince my fe cond edition were gathered by M. War/omrexo be tranllated and here added for your benefite. Moreouer, whereas in the firlt edition the cuill maner of my fcribling hand, the enterlining of my copie, and fome other caufes well knowen among workeinen of that faeultie, made very many faultes to pafl'e the Printer, I haue in the fecond imp refsion ca'uf ed the booke to be compofed by the printed cope, and corrected by the written whereby it inuftneedes be that it was much more truly done than the other was, asi my lelfe doe knowe, aboue three hundred faultes amended. And now at this laft Printin g, the compofing after arinted copie bringeth fome cafe, and the diligence vfed about the corre�lion, hailing beene right faithfully looked vuto, it cannot be but much more.

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