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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.
In immensity or exceeding greatness and eternity, or everlastingness.
In immensity or exceeding greatnesse and eternity, or everlastingnesse.
What is his immensity or exceeding greatness?
What is his immensity or exceeding greatnesse?
It is an essential Attribute or property in God whereby he contains all things,1 and is contained of nothing, that either is or may be imagined; and consequently is free from increasing or decreasing, and all comprehension of place, being present every where, both within and without the world, and filling all places wholly at all times with his presence, for he is in all places, in heaven and in earth, and the sea and hell, & all at one time; neither can he be contained in any compass of place, (as is a man or Angel or any other creature) but he is in all places, and filleth all places at once, and is beyond all compass of place that we can imagine, 1 King. 8. 27. Ps. 139. 7. & 145. 3. Job 9. 7. Esa. 66. 1