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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 cause that moved the Lord to grace the outward signs in the Sacraments, with the names of the things signified?
What is the cause that moved the Lord to grace the outward signes in the Sacraments, with the names of the things signified?
The outward elements have the names of the spiritual things they set forth, 1. Because of their fit proportion and agreement, in regard of the resemblance and similitude of the elements and the things signified, in which respect they are called signs. 2. To show the inseparable conjunction of the things signified with the sign, in the worthy receiver; in which regard they are called Seals, as in the person of Christ his two natures are so inseparably united, that often times the properties and effects of the one are attributed to the other.
The outward elements have the names of the spirituall things they set forth, 1. Because of their fit proportion and agreement, in regard of the resemblance and similitude of the elements and the things signified, in which respect they are called signes. 2. To shew the inseparable conjunction of the things signified with the signe, in the worthy receiver; in which regard they are called Seales, as in the person of Christ his two natures are so inseparably united, that often times the properties and effects of the one are attributed to the other.
What is the ground of this Sacramental union?
What is the ground of this Sacramentall union?