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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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Secondly,1 the authority of these holy writings, inspired of God, is highest in the Church, as the authority of God, whereunto no learning or degree of Angels or men, under what name or colour soever it be commended, may be accounted equal, Gal. 1. 8, 9. 2 Thess. 2. 2. neither can they be judged or sentenced by any.
Secondly,1 the authority of these holy writings, inspired of God, is highest in the Church, as the authority of God, whereunto no learning or degree of Angels or men, under what name or colour soever it bee commended, may bee accounted equall, Gal. 1. 8, 9. 2 Thess. 2. 2. neither can they bee judged or sentenced by any.
- 12 Highest in authority.
Thirdly,1 the books of holy Scripture are so sufficient for the knowledge of Christian Religion, that they do most plentifully contain all Doctrine necessary to salvation, they being perfectly profitable to instruct to salvation in themselves, and all other imperfectly profitable thereunto, further then they draw from them; whence it followeth, that we need no unwritten verities, no traditions or inventions of men, no Canon of Councils, no sentences of Fathers, much less Decrees of Popes, for to supply any supposed defect of the written Word, or for to give us more perfect directions in the worship of God, and the way of life, then is already expressed in the Canonical Scriptures,