John Calvin.  
  
Institutes of the Christian Religion.  
  
Book Second.  
  
Of the knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as first manifested  
to the fathers, under the law, and thereafter to us under the  
gospel.  
  
  
Table of Contents  
  
Subject.  
Book Second.  
 
1.  Through the fall and revolt of Adam, the whole human race made  
    accursed and degenerate. Of original sin.  
 
2.  Man now deprived of freedom of will, and miserably enslaved.  
 
3.  Every thing proceeding from the corrupt nature of man damnable.  
 
4.  How God works in the hearts of men.  
 
5.  The arguments usually alleged in support of free will refuted.  
 
6.  Redemption for man lost to be sought in Christ.  
 
7.  The law given, not to retain a people for itself, but to keep  
    alive the hope of salvation in Christ until His advent.  
 
8.  Exposition of the Moral Law.  
 
9.  Christ, though known to the Jews under the law, yet only  
    manifested under the gospel.  
 
10. The resemblance between tee Old Testament and the New.  
 
11. The difference between the two Testaments.  
 
12. Christ, to perform the office of Mediator, behoved to become  
    Man.  
 
13. Christ clothed with the true substance of human nature.  
 
14. How two natures constitute the Person of the Mediator.  
 
15. Three things briefly to be regarded in Christ; viz., His Offices  
    of prophet, king, and priest.  
 
16. How Christ performed the office of Redeemer in procuring our  
    salvation. The death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.  
 
17. Christ rightly and properly said to have merited grace and  
    salvation for us.  
 
Subject.  
      
    The First Part of the Apostles' Creed, viz., the knowledge of  
God the Creator, being disposed of, we now come to the Second Part,  
which relates to the knowledge of God as a Redeemer in Christ. The  
subjects treated of accordingly are, first, the Occasion of  
Redemption, viz., Adam's fall; and, secondly, Redemption itself. The  
first five chapters are devoted to the former subject, and the  
remainder to the latter.  
 
    Under the Occasion of Redemption, the Fall is considered not  
only in a general way, but also specially in its effects. Hence the  
first four chapters treat of original sin, free will, the corruption  
of human nature, and the operation of God in the heart. The fifth  
chapter contains a refutation of the arguments usually urged in  
support of free will.  
 
    The subject of redemption may be reduced to five particular  
heads:  
 
    I.   The character of him in whom salvation for lost man must 
         be sought, Chap. VI.  
 
    II.  How he was manifested to the world, namely, in a twofold  
         manner. First, under the Law. Here the Decalogue is  
         expounded, and some other points relating to the law  
         discussed, Chap. VII. and VIII. Secondly, under the Gospel.  
         Here the resemblance and difference of the two  
         dispensations are considered, Chap. IX. X. XI.  
 
    III. What kind of person Christ was, and behaved to be, in  
         order to perform the office of Mediator, viz., God and man  
         in one person, Chap. XII. XIII. XIV.  
 
    IV.  For what end he was sent into the world by the Father. Here  
         Christ's prophetical, kingly, and priestly offices are  
         considered, Chap. XV.  
 
    V.  In what way, or by what successive steps, Christ fulfilled  
        the office of our Redeemer, Chap. XVI. Here are considered  
        his crucifixion, death, burial, descent to hell,  
        resurrection, ascension to heaven, and seat at the right hand  
        of the Father, together with the practical use of the whole  
        doctrine. Chapter XVII. contains an answer to the question,  
        Whether Christ is properly said to have merited the grace of  
        God for us.  
 
 
 
 
 
Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 2, Pt.1
(continued in part 2...) 
 
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