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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.
Yet in all this, some Relics of former Dignity do remain, namely, in the Mind, common Principles of Good and Evil (sparks of that light of Nature) and some Seeds of Conscience, which notwithstanding are wholly sinful, and do but serve partly to keep Men from breaking forth, without all shame or regard of honesty, partly to make them unexcusable: In the Body, a kind of Majesty; in the whole Man, a certain Sovereignty, that keepeth in awe the brute Creatures.
Yet in all this, some Reliques of former D•gnitie doe remaine, namely, in the Minde, common Principles of Good and Euill (sparkes of that light of Nature) and some Seedes of Conscience, which notwithstanding are wholly sinfull, and doe but serue partly to keepe Men from breaking forth, without all shame or regard of honestie, partly to make them vnexcusable: In the Body, a kind of Maiestie; in the whole Man, a certaine Soueraigntie, that keepeth in awe the brute Creatures.
The Creature here (through the Fall of Man) receiveth an impair of his first perfection.
The Creature here (through the Fall of Man) receineth an impaire of his first perfection.
So much of that which is in part.