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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.
Because no man ever saw God yet, by which foolish argument they may deny also that there is any wind, or that man hath a soul, for no man yet ever saw them.
Because no man ever saw God yet, by which foolish argument they may deny also that there is any wind, or that man hath a soule, for no man yet ever saw them.
But how come you to persuade your self that there is such a God?
But how come you to perswade your selfe that there is such a God?
Beside infinite testimonies of the Scriptures, as Gen. 1. 1. Psal. 19. ▪ the common consent of all Nations approveth this Truth, who rather worship any God, or gods, then none at all; and though man by nature doth desire to be exalted, and in respect of himself despiseth all other creatures, as Wood and Stone, yet when a piece of wood is framed out like a man, and set in the Temple, and man conceiveth an opinion, that it is a God, he falleth down and worshippeth it, (Esa. 44. 15. 17.)
Beside infinite testimonies of the Scriptures, as Gen. 1. 1.