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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 to be done to him if he repent?
He is to be received of the Church, whom as they loose in earth, our Saviour Christ looseth in heaven; yet he is not by and by to be admitted to all privileges of the Church, but to be suspended for a time till the ⟨p. 437⟩fruits of repentance may better appear: for if some in the law for a certain pollution in a lawful duty of burying the dead, were suspended from the Passover, Numb. 9. 6. much more in the Gospel for such obstinacy.
He is to be received of the Church, whom as they loose in earth, our Saviour Christ looseth in heaven; yet he is not by and by to be admitted to all priviledges of the Church, but to be suspended for a time till the ⟨p. 437⟩fruits of repentance may better appear: for if some in the law for a certain pollution in a lawfull duty of burying the dead, were suspended from the Passeover, Numb. 9. 6. much more in the Gospell for such obstinacy.
How many sorts of suspensions then are there?