For by a kind of mutual bond the Lord has joined together the certainty of his Word and of his Spirit so that the perfect religion of the word may abide in our minds when the Spirit, who causes us to contemplate God's face, shines; and that we in turn may embrace the Spirit with no fear of being deceived when we recognise him in his own image, namely in the Word. So indeed it is. God did not bring forth his word among men for the sake of a momentary display, intending at the coming of His Spirit to abolish it. Rather, he sent down the same Spirit by whose power he had dispensed the Word, to complete his work by his efficacious confirmation of the Word.
Insitutues 1.9.3 (Battles p95)
(Is Calvin here calling the Bible the 'image of the Spirit'?)
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