A selection of writings by one of the leading figures in the Protestant Reformation offers excerpts from his sermons, commentaries, tracts, and letters that address such topics as his belief in universal education for both boys and girls, the sanctity and freedom of individual conscience, and his theology of the "elect." Original. 15,000 first printing. About the Vintage Spiritual Classics
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John F. Thornton
Susan B. Varenne
Preface to the Vintage Spiritual Classics Edition
ix
Marilynne Robinson
Chronology of the Life of John Calvin
xxix
A Note on the Texts
2(1)
From the Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543)
3(38)
From the Institutes of the Christian Religion
41(120)
Of the Knowledge of God the Creator (Book 1, Chapters 1--5)
43(31)
The Life of a Christian (Book 3, Chapters 6--10)
74(42)
Of Prayer (Book 3, Chapter 20)
116(45)
COMMENTARY ON SCRIPTURE
161(164)
The Old Testament
163(95)
The Author's Preface to the Commentary on the Psalms
163(14)
Psalm 16
177(16)
Psalm 23
193(9)
Psalm 51
202(23)
Psalm 90
225(16)
Isaiah 55:1--13
241(17)
The New Testament
258(67)
Matthew 5:1--12 / Luke 6:20--26 (The Beatitudes)
258(11)
Matthew 7:1--5 / Mark 4:24 / Luke 6:37--42 (Judge not . . .'')
269(4)
Matthew 8:5--13 / Luke 7:1--10 (The Cure of the Centurion's Servant)
273(7)
Luke 7:36--50 (The Woman Who Was a Sinner)
280(7)
Matthew 27:45--56 / Mark 15:33--41 / Luke 23:44--49 (The Crucifixion)
287(14)
Matthew 28:1--7 / Mark 16:1--7 /Luke 24:1--8 (The Women at the Tomb of Jesus)
301(9)
John 14:15--18 (``If you love me, keep my commandments.'')
310(3)
Romans 1:16--17 (God's Righteousness)
313(4)
James 2:14--26 (Faith and Good Works)
317(8)
SELECTED PRAYERS AND SERMONS
325(76)
Prayers
327(6)
Sermon on the Fourth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:13--15)
333(15)
Sermon on the Fifth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:16)
348(15)
The Lord Answers Job (Job 38:1--4)
363(13)
When Curse Becomes Blessing (Galatians 3:13--18)
376(13)
Sermon on the Doctrine of Election (2 Timothy 1:9, 10)
389(12)
The Death of John Calvin
401(14)
Suggestions for Further Reading
415
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