A64622:7222
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.
Not so: if for help of weakness the taking of meat be moderately and sparingly used, as before hath been observed.
Not so: if for help of weaknesse the taking of meat be moderately and sparingly used, as before hath been observed.
What other things are outward?
The ceasing from labour in our vocations on the day of the Fast, Num. 29. 7. to the end we may the better attend to the holy exercises used in fasting; in which respect such times are called Sabbaths, Levit. 23. 32. The laying aside of costly apparel, or whatsoever ornaments of the body, and wearing of homely and courser garments, Exodus 33. 4, 5. Jonah 3. 5, 6. The forbearing of Sleep, Music, Mirth, Perfumes, &c. Dan. 6. 18. & 10. 2, 3. And this abstinence is required of all that celebrate the Fast: But of married persons there is further required a forbearance of the use of the marriage bed, and of the company each of other, 1 Cor. 7. 5.