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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.
The five Books of Moses, which was the first holy Scripture delivered to the Church, was sufficient for the instruction of the people of that time, in all that God required at their hands, as appeareth by that they were forbidden to add any thing unto it, or to take any thing from it, but to do that only which was prescribed by the Law, (Deut. 12. 32.) The Prince and the people are commanded to be directed thereby altogether, and not to depart from it, either to the right hand or to the left, (Deut. 17.) How much more the Law and the Prophets (which did more at large set forth the Doctrine delivered by Moses both in precepts and promises, in practice and example) was sufficient for the time that succeeded until John the Baptist? Mat. 11. 12. Luk. 16. 16.
The five Books of Moses, which was the first holy Scripture delivered to the Church, was sufficient for the instruction of the people of that time, in all that God required at their hands, as appeareth by that they were forbidden to adde any thing unto it, or to take any thing from it, but to doe that onely which was prescribed by the Law, (Deut. 12. 32.) The Prince and the people are commanded to be directed thereby altogether, and not to depart from it, either to the right hand or to the left, (Deut. 17.) How much more the Law and the Prophets (which did more at large set forth the Doctrine delivered by Moses both in precepts and promises, in practice and example) was sufficient for the time that succeeded untill John the Baptist? Mat. 11. 12. Luk. 16. 16.