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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
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The first book of Maccabees, writing an History of things said, and done, doth not much interlace his own judgement: and therefore doth err the less, yet in his Narration, contrary to the second book of Maccabees, in many places, and to Josephus in somethings: For example, The first book of Maccabees saith, that Antiochus dyed at Babylon in his bed, being grieved in mind for tidings brought to him out of Persia, 1 Mac. 6. ver. 8. & 16. But in the first chapter of the second book of Maccabees, it is said, that he was cut in pieces in the Temple of Nanea, and in the ninth chapter of the same book, that he dyed of a grievous disease of his bowels, in a strange Country, in the Mountains, 2 Mac. 9. 28.
The first book of Maccabees, writing an History of things said, and done, doth not much interlace his own judgement: and therefore doth erre the lesse, yet in his Narration, contrary to the second book of Maccabees, in many places, and to Josephus in somethings: For example, The first book of Maccabees saith, that Antiochus dyed at Babylon in his bed, beeing grieved in minde for tidings brought to him out of Persia, 1 Mac. 6. ver. 8. & 16. But in the first chapter of the second book of Maccabees, it is said, that hee was cut in peeces in the Temple of Nanea, and in the ninth chapter of the same book, that hee dyed of a grievous disease of his bowels, in a strange Country, in the Mountaines, 2 Mac. 9. 28.
The second book of Maccabees is far worse, for the abridger of Jason's Chronicle, which did set it forth, doth not only confound and falsify many stories, (as it is easy to be proved out of the first book of Maccabees, Josephus, and others) but also whilst he giveth his sentence of divers facts, doth more bewray the weakness of his judgement: as he commendeth Razis for killing himself, 2 Mac. 14. 42. and Judas for offering sacrifice for the dead, that were polluted with Idolatry, 2 Mac. 12. 45. whereas it is to be thought rather, that the sacrifice was offered to pacify the wrath of God for them that were alive, that they should not be wrapped in the curse of ⟨p. 16⟩