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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, In this Kingdom Christ alone perfecteth all things, not like to other Kings and Potentates, who rule by deputies; but here he himself doth all: for though there he used instruments, yet all cometh from his strength and virtue, and he himself is every-where present by his Spirit: Whereupon his Kingdom is called ⟨p. 338⟩qWonderful, because the effects and working of Gods Spirit are strange and marvellous.
Secondly, In this Kingdome Christ alone perfecteth all things, not like to other Kings and Potentates, who rule by deputies; but here hee himselfe doth all: for though there he vsed instruments, yet all commeth from his strength and vertue, and hee himselfe is euery-where present by his Spirit: Whereupon his Kingdome is called ⟨p. 338⟩qWonderfull, because the effects and working of Gods Spirit are strange and marueilous.
Thirdly, the virtues and properties of this our King, arming and enabling him for the effecting of those great things, are two; Counsel, to advise of things wisely, and Strength, to put them in execution, being both the stays and props of a Kingdom, as it were the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, whereupon rSolomons Porch was built. Therefore Rabshake, to discourage Hezekias, vaunteth of these two, as of the things whereon the hope if battle standeth; as if Hezekias were not in them to be compared to the King his Master: