Institutes of the Christian Religion (part 2)

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Book II — 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

Argument

Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made Accursed and Degenerate. Of Original Sin
Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved
Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable
How God Works in the Hearts of Men
The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted
Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ
The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent
Exposition of the Moral Law
Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel
The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New
The Difference Between the Two Testaments
Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behoved to Become Man
Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature
How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator
Three Things Briefly to Be Regarded in Christ—Viz. His Offices of Prophet, King, and Priest
How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ
Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us

Book III — The Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. The Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It

Argument

The Benefits of Christ Made Available to Us by the Secret Operation of the Spirit
Of Faith. The Definition of It. Its Peculiar Properties
Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance
Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel. Of Confession and Satisfaction
Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction—Viz. Indulgences and Purgatory
The Life of a Christian Man. Scriptural Arguments Exhorting to It
A Summary of the Christian Life. Of Self-Denial
Of Bearing the Cross—One Branch of Self-Denial
Of Meditating on the Future Life
How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It
Of Justification by Faith. Both the Name and the Reality Defined
Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-Seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification
Two Things to Be Observed in Gratuitous Justification
The Beginning of Justification. In What Sense Progressive
The Boasted Merit of Works Subversive Both of the Glory of God, in Bestowing Righteousness, and of the Certainty of Salvation
Refutation of the Calumnies by Which It Is Attempted to Throw Odium on This Doctrine
The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled
The Righteousness of Works Improperly Inferred from Rewards
Of Christian Liberty
Of Prayer—A Perpetual Exercise of Faith. The Daily Benefits Derived from It
Of the Eternal Election, by Which God Has Predestinated Some to Salvation, and Others to Destruction
This Doctrine Confirmed by Proofs from Scripture
Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed
Election Confirmed by the Calling of God. The Reprobate Bring upon Themselves the Righteous Destruction to Which They Are Doomed
Of the Last Resurrection

Book IV — Of the Holy Catholic Church

Argument

Of the True Church. Duty of Cultivating Unity with Her, as the Mother of All the Godly
Comparison Between the False Church and the True
Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church. Their Election and Office
Of the State of the Primitive Church, and the Mode of Government in Use Before the Papacy
The Ancient Form of Government Utterly Corrupted by the Tyranny of the Papacy
Of the Primacy of the Romish See
Of the Beginning and Rise of the Romish Papacy, Till It Attained a Height by Which the Liberty of the Church Was Destroyed, and All True Rule Overthrown
Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith. The Unbridled Licence of the Papal Church in Destroying Purity of Doctrine
Of Councils and Their Authority
Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and His Adherents, in This Respect, in Tyrannically Oppressing and Destroying Souls
Of the Jurisdiction of the Church, and the Abuses of It, as Exemplified in the Papacy
Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication
Of Vows. The Miserable Entanglements Caused by Vowing Rashly
Of the Sacraments
Of Baptism
Pædobaptism. Its Accordance with the Institution of Christ, and the Nature of the Sign
Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It
Of the Popish Mass. How It Not Only Profanes, but Annihilates the Lord’s Supper
Of the Five Sacraments, Falsely So Called. Their Spuriousness Proved, and Their True Character Explained
Of Civil Government

Appendix

One Hundred Aphorisms

Overlap with other editions

Same text elsewhere in this library

Book III, chapters 6–10 circulate separately as the “Golden Booklet”, On the Christian Life — held under Treatises → On the Christian Life in a different translation.

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