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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.
Is there any necessity of this exercise of Fasting?
Yes verily; in that it is necessary to humble our selves under the mighty and fearful hand of God,; and to afflict our souls with the consideration and conscience of our sins, and the punishment due unto them; unto which this outward exercise of Fasting is a good aid: for howsoever the kingdom of God consisteth not properly in the matter of meat and drink, whether used or forborne, Rom. 14. 17. yet fasting, as an extraordinary help unto the chief exercises of Piety, hath the warrant and weight of a duty as well from precepts, as examples, both out of the old Testament, (Lev. 23. 27. &c. Joel 2. 22. Esa. 22. 12.) and the new, (Mat. 9. 14, 15. Acts 13. 3.) And our Saviour Christ, Luke 5. 35. doth expressly say, that the time shall come when his Disciples shall fast: where both by the circumstances of the persons and of the time, the necessity of fasting is enforced.
Yes verily; in that it is necessary to humble our selves under the mighty and fearefull hand of God,; and to afflict our soules with the consideration and conscience of our sins, and the punishment due unto them; unto which this outward exercise of Fasting is a good aid: for howsoever the kingdome of God consisteth not properly in the matter of meat and drink, whether used or forborne, Rom. 14. 17