A20766:1656
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.
First, Apprehending Christ now absent only in his1 Word and Sacraments, the knowledge and apprehension must needs be feeble and weak.
First, Apprehending Christ now absent onely in his1 Word and Sacraments, the knowledge and apprehension must needs be feeble and weake.
- 1By virtue whereof our Faith, albeit apprehending Christ absent, it apprehend him weakly:By vertue whereof our Faith, albeit apprehending Christ absent, it apprehend him weakly:
Wherein notwithstanding there are distinct degrees: neither are the faithful that lay hold on Christ, endued all with the like measure of Faith: for there is a weak and a slender hold, as it were, by the fingers end; there ⟨p. 414⟩is a strong and a fast hold, as it were, with the whole hand.
Wherein notwithstanding there are distinct degrees: neither are the faithfull that lay hold on Christ, endued all with the like measure of Faith: for there is a weake and a slender hold, as it were, by the fingers end; there ⟨p. 414⟩is a strong and a fast hold, as it were, with the whole hand.