The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The body of man, by ^sforming and figuring it, as a Potter doth his Vessels out of the Clay of the Earth. And therefore heavy and lumpish, dead of it self, and without any sense or feeling. Whereinto he breathed a soul, not as a part of the Divine Nature, or of Gods own essence, (which to think were impious and absurd) but because it was made neither of the Air, nor of any other elementary matter, but only by his Word, and the power of his Spirit; and this he knit unto one person with the body, to quicken and give life unto it, and to make it a perfect man.

The body of man, by ^sforming and figuring it, as a Potter doth his Vessels out of the Clay of the Earth. And therefore heauy and lumpish, dead of it selfe, and without any sence or feeling. Whereinto he breathed a soule, not as a part of the Diuine Nature, or of Gods owne essence, (which to thinke were impious and absurd) but because it was made neyther of the Ayre, nor of any other elementary matter, but onely by his Word, and the power of his Spirit; and this hee knit vnto one person with the body, to quicken and giue life vnto it, and to make it a perfect man.

1. s[Greek or Hebrew] Gen. 2. 7. whereunto Paul alludeth, 1. Tim. 2 1•. [Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Gen. 2. 7. whereunto Paul alludeth, 1. Tim. 2 1•. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.