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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
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Though God tempteth no man unto evil, as he is tempted of none, James 1. 13. yet sometimes he leadeth men into temptations of probation, Mat. 4. 1. & 6. 13. and that first by unusual probatory precepts, as when he commanded Abraham to kill his son, Gen. 22. 1, &c. Secondly, by sending an extraordinary measure of prosperity or adversity, Deut. 8. 16. Thirdly, by letting loose Satan (his band dog) to buffet and molest the godly, as Saint Paul, 2 Cor. 12. 7. or to seduce the wicked, as Ahab's Prophets, 1 Kings 22. 22. Fourthly, by desertion, leaving men to themselves, whether for a time, Hos. 5. 15. as Hezekiah in the business of the King of Babels Embassage, 2 Chron. 32. 31. or utterly, as those whom he justly giveth up to their own lusts, Rom. 1. 26, 28. and the power of Satan, Acts 5. 3.
Though God tempteth no man unto evill, as he is tempted of none, James 1. 13. yet sometimes he leadeth men into temptations of probation, Mat. 4. 1. & 6. 13. and that first by unusuall probatory precepts, as when he commanded Abraham to kill his sonne,