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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.
For example: the duties of the first Table are greater then the duties of the second, which besides the express words of our Saviour Christ, calling it the mfirst & the great Commandment, may be showed out of the Prophet ⟨p. 140⟩first, and then out of the Apostle, who both make the breach of the first Table, to be the cause that men run head-long into all offences against the second. Upon nthe tops of the Mountains they sacrifice, and upon the hills; they offer burnt offerings under the Oak, and Poplar, and Olive, because the shadow thereof is good. Therefore do your daughters commit fornication, and your daughters in Law go a whoring. And therefore oGod gave them up to their own hearts lust, unto uncleanness, to defile their own bodies between themselves; which turned the Truth of God into a Lye, and worshipped the Creatures, forsaking the Creator who is blessed for ever. For this cause God gave them up to vile affections, unrighteousness, fornication, &c. The duties of the first Table are greater then the second, as they are in order before them.
For example: the duties of the first Table are greater then the duties of the second, which besides the expresse words of our Sauiour Christ, calling it the mfirst & the great Cōmandement, may be shewed out of the Prophet ⟨p. 140⟩first, and then out of the Apostle, who both make the breach of the first Table, to bee the cause that men runne head-long into all offences against the second. Vpon nthe tops of the Mountaines they sacrifice, and vpon the hils; they offer burnt offerings vnder the Oke, and Poplar, and Oliue, because the shaddow therof is good. Therefore doe your daughters commit fornication, and your daughters in Law goe a whoring. And therefore o