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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.
Why must the true sense or meaning of the Scriptures be learned out of the Scriptures themselves?1
- 1Why the Scriptures must be expounded by the Scriptures.
Because the Spirit of God alone is the certain interpreter of his Word written by his Spirit; for no man knoweth the things pertaining to God, but the Spirit of God, 1 Cor. 2. 11. and no prophecy of Scripture is of any mans own interpretation; for prophecy was not brought by the will of man, but the holy men of God spake as they were led by the holy Ghost, 2 Pet. 1. 20, 21. The interpretation therefore must be by the same Spirit by which the Scripture was written, of which Spirit we have no certainty upon any mans credit, but only so far forth as his saying may be confirmed by the holy Scriptures.
Because the Spirit of God alone is the certain interpreter of his Word written by his Spirit; for no man knoweth the things pertaining to God, but the Spirit of God, 1 Cor. 2. 11. and no prophesie of Scripture is of any mans own interpretation; for prophesie was not brought by the will of man, but the holy men of God spake as they were led by the holy Ghost, 2 Pet. 1. 20, 21. The interpretation therefore must be by the same Spirit by which the Scripture was written, of which Spirit we have no certainty upon any mans credit, but onely so far forth as his saying may be confirmed by the holy Scriptures.