This concise work will serve as a wonderful introduction to Calvin and the Christianity that he believed, taught and more importantly, -- lived. A pithy treatment of the Christian life presenting summarily the truths that are dealt with at considerable length in his massive Institutes of The Christian Religion. So important is this book that it was the first of Calvin's writings translated into English. All Christians old and especially new, will prosper by reading this guide to the new life and securing a special place in their library for its periodic rereading