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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.
How then can he be known of us, being incomprehensible?
How then can hee bee known of us, being incomprehensible?
Though his substance be past finding out of man or Angels, Amos 4. 13. yet may he be known by his properties, and actions, and we may conceive of him by his name, Exod. 33. 19. & 34. 5, 6. Psal. 145. 1, 2, &c. expressing what a one he is to us, though we be not able to know him according to the excellency of his glorious nature, only known unto himself, (Jud. 13. 18.) Therefore he said to Moses, Exod. 33. 20. My face, that is, the glory of my Majesty (he doth not say, thou mayst not, or thou shalt not, but) thou canst not see, for there shall no man see me and live, but thou shalt see my back parts, that is, (vers. 23.) some small measure of my glory, so far as thou art able to comprehend it: And even as Princes have their secrets, whereunto all their Subjects are not made privy, neither is it lawful for them to search into them, and yet do they so far forth publish their Commandments, as is profitable for them to know: So the Prince of all Princes hath his secrets, unto which we are not privy, and into which we may not search; yet he hath so far revealed himself unto us (by his Works and Word) as is necessary, and profitable for us to know, Deut. 29. 29.
Though his substance be past finding out of man or Angels, Amos 4. 13