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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.
But what say you of the Greek Translation of the old Testament, commonly called the Septuagint, approved by the Apostles themselves?
But what say you of the Greeke Translation of the old Testament, commonly called the Septuagint, approved by the Apostles themselves?
The same as we say of other Translations; for although the Apostles used that Translation which was commonly received and read among the Gentiles and Jews that dwelt amongst them, where it differed not in sense from the true Hebrew, yet where it differed from it they left it, as by many examples may be confirmed, (vide Hieron. Prolog. in Matth.)
How can the certain understanding of the Scriptures be taken out of the original tongues,1 considering the difference of reading in divers Copies both of Hebrew and Greek: as also the difficulty of some words and phrases, upon which the best Translators cannot agree?
How can the certain understanding of the Scriptures be taken out of the originall tongues,1 considering the difference of reading in divers Copies both of Hebrew and Greek: as also the difficulty of some words and phrases, upon which the best Translators cannot agree?
- 1An objection grounded on various readings answered.