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CALVINISM A LIFE SYSTEM.

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melled development

of our

Himself as Creator.

Thus the Church receded

be

to

more nor

neither

and

believers,

which

in

life

glorify in

order

than the congregation of

less

every department the

in

to

life

of the world

was not emancipated from God, but from the dominion of the Church,

dence,

trade

Thus domestic life regained its indepenand commerce realized their strength in

and science were

liberty, art

bond and restored

astical

and man began nature as

with

its

holy

a

world

the

that which

flight

of serving

position in

To

in

life.

praise

smful

is

original

upon the in

it,

and

world became the inspiring impulse, and,

the

in

the Church, strength was to be gathered resist

temptation and sin

went hand

sobriety

of the entire

all

from the world the duty is God in the world, in every God in the Church and serve

to

tanic

of

"Have dominion over them".

now emphasized

Him

ecclesi-

inspirations,

subjection

the

curse should no longer rest

of monastic

instead

own

their

upon him by the

imposed

but upon

itself,

from every

hidden forces and treasures to himself

of Paradise:

Henceforth

to

understand

to

duty,

ordinances

set free

in

the world.

by which Thus puri-

hand with the reconquest

in

of the world, and Calvinism gave the

life

impulse to that new development which dared to face the

world

me

alieniim piito,

intoxicated

with

by

the

its

Especially in

Roman

opposite

world

it

;

;///

himianum a itself to

be

poisonous cup.

its

antithesis to

"exhibits itself in bold relief.

the

thought

although never allowing

method,

and

Anabaptism Calvinism

For Anabaptism adopted in

its

effort

to evade the

confirmed the monastic starting-point, general-

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