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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.
There is a double use,1 the one, to make all men void of excuse, as the Apostle teacheth, Rom. 1. 20. and so it is sufficient unto condemnation.
- 1The uses of knowing God by his Works.
The other is to further unto salvation, and that by preparing and inciting men to seek God, If happily by groping they may find him, as the Apostle showeth, Act. 17. 27. whereby they are made more ⟨p. 6⟩apt to acknowledge him when he is perfectly revealed in his Word, or after they have known God out of his Word, by contemplation of his infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, most gloriously shining in his Works, to stir them up continually, to reverence his Majesty, to honour and obey him, to repose their trust and confidence in him; and so the Children of God do use this knowledge of God, gathered out of his Divine Works, as appeareth in many places of the Scriptures, and especially of the Psalms, which are appointed for the exercise of the whole Church, Psal. 8. Psal. 19. Psal. 95. Psal. 104. & 136. &c.
The other is to further unto salvation, and that by preparing and inciting men to seek God, If happily by groping they may finde him, as the Apostle sheweth,