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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.
There be two parts of that, as of all other Prayers: for it standeth partly in petition, partly, in thanks-giving: The Petitions are six in number, all in that course and order, as the Doctrine before was handled, whereof the first three (comprehended in the first part of Divinity) are of those things that belong unto Gods glory, without any respect of our own good: as the particle Thy in every one doth show. And this one thing, wh•eein the soundest Divines agree, being well observed, bringeth a great light for the distinguishing of all the six Petitions, according to their proper bounds and limits, in such sort as hereafter followeth:
There be two parts of that, as of all other Prayers: for it standeth partly in petition, partly, in thankes-giuing: The Petitions are sixe in number, all in that course and order, as the Doctrine before was handled, whereof the first three (comprehēded in the first part of Diuinity) are of those things that belong vnto Gods glory, without any respect of our owne good: as the particle Thy in euery one doth shew. And this one thing, wh•eein the soundest Diuines agree, being well obserued, bringeth a great light for the distinguishing of all the sixe Petitions, according to their proper bounds and limits, in such sort as hereafter followeth:
The first Petition, Hallowed be thy name: O thou the blessed and great JEHOVAH, Father, Son, and holy Spirit, three persons, and one only true and ever-living God, whose iname is wonderful, and who alone art glorious and excellent: thy Mercy great unto the Heavens, thy Truth unto the Clouds: thy Righteousness as the mighty Hills; thy Judgements like the bottomless Deep: exalt thy self, O God, above the heavens, thy Glory over all the earth.
The first Peticion, Hallowed bee thy name: O thou the blessed and great IEHOVAH, Father, Sonne, and holy Spirit, three persons, and one onely true and euer-liuing God, whose