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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.
What is the public Fast?
What is the publick Fast?
It is when for a general cause the Churches do fast,1 viz. when the Governors and Magistrates, Joel 2. 15. stirred up by consideration of common sins, Neh. 9. 1, &c. Calamity, Jonah 3▪ 7, 8. necessities, or business of great importance, do in the name of God blow the trumpet and call a solemn assembly, or assemblies: in which case he that obeyeth not, is culpable before God and man, Lev. 23. 29. And it is either more public, when all Churches fast generally; or else less public, when some particular Churches are humbled in fasting.
It is when for a generall cause the Churches doe fast,1 viz. when the Governours and Magistrates, Joel 2. 15. stirred up by consideration of common sinnes, Neh. 9. 1, &c. Calamity, Jonah 3▪ 7, 8. necessities, or businesse of great importance, doe in the name of God blow the trumpet and call a solemne assembly, or assemblies: in which case he that obeyeth not, is culpable before God and man,