A64622:7443
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.
How doth it appear that God hath joined both these means together?
How doth it appeare that God hath joyned both these meanes together?
Because he saith by the Prophet Isaiah, chap. 59. 21. that this is the Covenant that he will make with his people, to put his Spirit and Word in them, and in all the posterity of the Church: The Apostle in like manner, 1 Thess. 5. 19. 20. joineth these two together, Quench not the Spirit, and despise not prophesying.
Because hee saith by the Prophet Esay, chap. 59. 21. that this is the Covenant that hee will make with his people, to put his Spirit and Word in them, and in all the posterity of the Church: The Apostle in like manner, 1 Thess. 5. 19. 20. joyneth these two together, Quench not the Spirit, and despise not prophesying.
It would seem by these words of the Apostle, that the Spirit of Adoption and Sanctification, proper to the faithful, may be lost, whilst he exhorteth that we should not quench the Spirit?
It would seem by these words of the Apostle, that the Spirit of Adoption and Sanctification, proper to the faithfull, may be lost, whilst he exhorteth that we should not quench the Spirit?