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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.
How was this mystery of iniquity wrought in the Apostles time?
By many ambitious spirits, (as it were) petty Antichrists, which were desirous to be Lords over the Church, and wicked Heretics, which then sowed many errors and heresies, as justification by works, worshipping of Angels, and which put Religion in meats, and condemned marriage, which were beginnings and grounds of Popery and Antichristianism, 3 John 9. Acts 5. 1. Gal. 1. 6, 7. & 2. 6. Col. 2. 18, 21. 1 Tim. 4. 3.
By many ambitious spirits, (as it were) petty Antichrists, which were desirous to be Lords over the Church, and wicked Hereticks, which then sowed many errours and heresies, as justification by works, worshipping of Angels, and which put Religion in meats, and condemned marriage, which were beginnings and grounds of Popery and Antichristianisme, 3 John 9. Acts 5. 1. Gal. 1. 6, 7. & 2. 6. Col. 2. 18, 21. 1 Tim. 4. 3