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A body of divinity, or, The sum and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded,…A body of divinitie, or, The summe and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded,…
A body of divinity, or, The sum and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded, and explained, by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled / composed long since by James Usher B. of Armagh, and at the earnest desires of divers godly Christians now printed and published ; whereunto is adjoined a tract, entitled Immanuel, or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God heretofore written [sic] and published by the same author.A body of divinitie, or, The summe and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded, and explained, by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled / composed long since by James Vsher B. of Armagh, and at the earnest desires of divers godly Christians now printed and published ; whereunto is adjoyned a tract, intituled Immanvel, or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God heretofore writen [sic] and published by the same authour.
London: printed by M.F. for Tho. Downes and Geo. Badger, 1645
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.
No;1 besides all this, it is required, that we have the Spirit of God, as well to open our eyes to see the light, as to seal up fully into our hearts that truth which we see with our eyes: for the same holy Spirit that inspired the Scripture (1 Cor. 2. 10. & 14. 37. Ephes. 1. 13.) inclineth the hearts of Gods children to believe what is revealed in them, ⟨p. 12⟩and inwardly assureth them above all reasons and arguments, that these are the Scriptures of God; therefore the Lord, by the Prophet Isaiah, promiseth to join his Spirit with his Word, and that it shall remain with his children for ever: Esa. 59. 21. The same promiseth our Saviour Christ unto his Disciples, concerning the Comforter, which he would send, to lead them into all truth, and teach them all things, and to put them in mind of all things which he had said unto them, Joh. 14. 26. & 15. 26.
No;1 besides all this, it is required, that wee have the Spirit of God, as well to open our eyes to see the light, as to seale up fully into our hearts that truth which wee see with our eyes: for the same holy Spirit that inspired the Scripture (1 Cor. 2. 10. & 14. 37. Ephes. 1. 13.) inclineth the hearts of Gods children to beleeve what is revealed in them, ⟨p. 12⟩