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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.
Secondly, Hereof it is, that he is to be adored of all his Creatures, even the holy Angels, Heb. 1. Let all the Angels of God worship him. Phil. 2. 9. Therefore God did also exceedingly exalt him, and gave unto him a name above all names, that all the Name of JESUS, every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and upon the Earth, and under the ground.
Secondly, Hereof it is, that hee is to bee adored of all his Creatures, euen the holy Angels, Heb. 1. Let all the Angels of God worship him. Phil. 2. 9. Therefore God did also exceedingly exalt him, and gaue vnto him a name aboue all names, that al the Name of IESVS, euery knes should bow, of things in Heauen, and vpon the Earth, and vnder the ground.
Thirdly, Hence groweth a borrowed manner of speech, which the Learned in other Professions call Synecdoche: Divines for the most part, The ccommunication of properties: whereby sometimes that is attributed to whole Christ, which agreeth to him but in respect of one of his natures: As when we say, dChrist suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, we mean it of his Man-hood only, not of the Godhead, which could ⟨p. 276⟩not suffer, when he saith of himself, eBefore ABRAHAM was, Jam; this is to be understood of his God-head only, not of his Man-hood which came of the Seed of Abraham.