A64622:7417
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.
From Churches mortally sick of heresy,1 Tit. 3. 10, 11. or Idolatry, as it were a contagious plague or leprosy, we are to separate, Rev. 18. 4. Howbeit whiles there is yet any life, rather from the scab or sore then from the body; that is, from the prevailing faction, maintaining fundamental errors, and forcing to idolatrous worship: Such is our separation from the present Church of Rome, not from such therein, who either meaning well in general, are ignorant of the depth of Satan, Rev. 2. 24. or secretly dissent from the damnable corruptions, 1 Kings. 19. 18. with whom, as a body yet retaining life, we desire to join, Phil. 1. 18. so far as we may with safety from the foresaid contagion.
From Churches mortally sick of heresie,1 Tit. 3. 10, 11. or Idolatry, as it were a contagious plague or leprosie, wee are to separate, Rev. 18. 4. Howbeit whiles there is yet any life, rather from the scab or sore then from the body; that is, from the prevailing faction, maintaining fundamentall errours, and forcing to idolatrous worship: Such is our separation from the present Church of Rome, not from such therein, who either meaning well in generall, are ignorant of the depth of Satan, Rev. 2. 24. or secretly dissent from the damnable corruptions, 1 Kings. 19. 18. with whom, as a body yet retaining life, we desire to joine,