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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
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Our uniting to Christ, and enjoying of him, that we must with delight apply Christ and his merits to all the necessities of our souls, spiritually feeding upon him, and groaning by him. For the eating of the bread to strengthen our nature, betokeneth the inward strengthening of our souls by grace, through the merit of the breaking of Christs body for us; and ⟨p. 428⟩the drinking of the wine to cherish our bodies, betokens that the blood of Christ shed upon the Cross, and (as it were) drunk by faith, cherisheth our souls: And as God doth bless these outward elements to preserve and strengthen the body of the receiver: so Christ apprehended and received by faith doth nourish him, and preserve both body and soul unto eternal life, John 6. 50, 51. 1 Cor. 10. 3. & 11. 16, 17.
Our uniting to Christ, and enjoying of him, that we must with delight apply Christ and his merits to all the necessities of our soules, spiritually feeding upon him, and groaning by him. For the eating of the bread to strengthen our nature, betokeneth the inward strengthening of our soules by grace, through the merit of the breaking of Christs body for us; and ⟨p. 428⟩the drinking of the wine to cherish our bodies, betokens that the bloud of Christ shed upon the Crosse, and (as it were) drunke by faith, cherisheth our soules: And as God doth blesse these outward elements to preserve and strengthen the body of the receiver: so Christ apprehended and received by faith doth nourish him, and preserve both body and soule unto eternall life, John 6. 50, 51. 1 Cor. 10. 3. & 11. 16, 17.