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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.
Wherein observe,
Wherein obserue,
First, Christ is the matter, and only subject, and substance of the Word. In that regard, himself is called, The gWord, or hThe Word of God: Because of him, and of him alone it is, that there are in the Word so many glorious and excellent speeches, and the Doctrine of the Gospel hath the name of the Word of Christ, Col. 3. 16. So as it is not any natural knowledge that this Doctrine teacheth, but heavenly and supernatural which was not in Adam before his fall, though he were perfectly holy, and endued with all manner of natural understanding.
First, Christ is the matter, and onely subiect, and substance of the Word. In that regard, himselfe is called, The gWord, or hThe Word of God: Because of him, and of him alone it is, that there are in the Word so many glorious and excellent speeches, and the Doctrine of the Gospell hath the name of the Word of Christ, Col. 3. 16. So as it is not any naturall knowledge that this Doctrine teacheth, but heauenly and supernaturall which was not in Adam before his fall, though he were perfectly holy, and endued with all manner of naturall vnderstanding.