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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.
CHAP. 1.
Of CHRIST.
This is the sum of that Doctrine which we have concerning GOD. The other followeth, concerning Emanuel, GOD with us.
THis is the summe of that Doctrine which we haue concerning GOD. The other followeth, concerning Emanuel, GOD with vs.
Emanuel (GOD with us) is in one Person, the Son of GOD, and very Man, conceived of a Virgin by the Holy GHOST: Who is also CHRIST, or Anointed; called of his Father, ever since the Fall of Adam, to be a Mediator between GOD and Man; of a Covenant, to save through Faith in him (that is, by apprehending of the Covenant) certain few Men, whom GOD his Father hath chosen from Eternity, and given unto him, to set forth in them the praise of his Mercy.
Emanuel (GOD with vs) is in one Person, the Sonne of GOD, and very Man, conceiued of a Virgin by the Holy GHOST: Who is also CHRIST, or Anointed; called of his Father, euer since the Fall of Adam, to be a Mediatour betweene GOD and Man; of a Couenant, to saue through Faith in him (that is, by apprehending of the Couenant) certaine few Men, whom GOD his Father hath chosen from Eternitie, and giuen vnto him, to set forth in them the prayse of his Mercie.