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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And this nature doth of it self make a person, supporting and holding up the Manhood, that wholly is & subsisteth in the person of the God-head. Wherefore that which is said, John 1. 14. The Word became flesh, is expounded, Heb. 2. 16. to be, by taking it to his God-head, therein to have the being and subsistence, and of the same to be supported and holden up for ever.
And this nature doth of it selfe make a person, supporting and holding vp the Manhood, that wholy is & subsisteth in the person of the God-head. Wherefore that which is said, Iohn 1. 14. The Word became flesh, is expounded, Heb. 2. 16. to be, by taking it to his God-head, therein to haue the being and subsistence, and of the same to be supported and holden vp for euer.
The other nature is his Humanity,1 2in that he was perfect man, of the very flesh of Mary. So we read, Rom. 1. 3 Made of the Seed of DAVID according to the flesh: that is, his humane nature: and Heb. 2. 16. He took not to (his Godhead) the nature of Angels, but the Seed of ABRAHAM. Again, Galat. 4. 4. he is said to be made of a woman: the Preposition (of) noting her very substance and flesh. And this is it that was prophesied long before, that i