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,…

ALL men desire eternal life and happiness. 3 Religion the means to obtain it. No salvation but by true Religion. The divers kinds of false Religion. What Christian Religion is. Of Catechising. 4 What Catechising is. Where to be used, and by whom. The necessity of it. True happiness consisteth in God. How we come to enjoy God. Means to know God. By His divine works. His holy word. 5 Of the divine works of God. The uses of knowing God by his works. Of Gods holy Word, the Scriptures. 6 How the Scriptures were delivered. By Revelations. By Oracles. By visions. 7 What the Scripture is. That the Scriptures are the Word of God. 8 Reasons to prove God to be the Author of the holy Scriptures. 1. Efficient; instrumental. 2. The simplicity and sincerity of the Writers. 3. The quality and condition of the pen-men of the holy Scriptures. 9 4. The holy matters of holy Scriptures. 5. The doctrine of Scriptures are above humane capacity. 6. The concord of the several Writers one with another. 7. The Prophesies fulfilled in their due times. 8. The Majesty and authority of the Scriptures. 10 9. The motives used in them to persuade, not reason, but commands. 10. The end and scope of the Scripture, which is Gods glory. 11. Their admirable power. 12. Their antiquity. 13. The hatred of the devil and wicked men against them. 14. The preservation of the Scriptures. 15. The power to humble a man, and raise him up again. 16. The consonant testimony of all men at all times. 11 17. The known miracles done by the Writers. 18. The testimony of the Spirit in the hearts of men. What are the books of holy Scripture. 12 In what language the old Testament were first written, with vowels and pricks. That the Scriptures of the old Testament were first written without pricks or vowels. 13 The Book of Moses. The Book of the Prophets. The Historical Books. The Doctrinal Books. The Poetical books. The Prosaical books. 14 The Apocryphal Books. The errors of the Apocryphal books. 15 Of the books of the New Testament. 16 The properties of the holy scriptures. 17 ⟨image 233⟩1. Holy. 2. Highest in authority. 18 3. Sufficient in themselves. That the Scriptures are a perfect Rule for doctrine, life, and salvation. Objections against the sufficiency of the holy Scriptures answered. 20 Of the perspicuity of the holy Scripture.

ALL men desire eternall life and happinesse. 3 Religion the meanes to obtaine it. No salvation but by true Religion. The divers kindes of false Religion. What Christian Religion is. Of Catechising. 4 What Catechising is. Where to be used, and by whom. The necessity of it. True happinesse consisteth in God. How we come to enjoy God. Meanes to know God. By His divine works. His holy word. 5 Of the divine workes of God. The uses of knowing God by his works. Of Gods holy Word, the Scriptures. 6 How the Scriptures were delivered. By Revelations. By Oracles. By visions. 7 What the Scripture is. That the Scriptures are the Word of God. 8 Reasons to prove God to be the Author of the holy Scriptures. 1. Efficient; instrumentall. 2. The simplicitie and sincerity of the Writers. 3. The quality and condition of the pen-men of the holy Scriptures. 9 4. The holy matters of holy Scriptures. 5. The doctrine of Scriptures are above humane capacity. 6. The concord of the severall Writers one with another. 7. The Prophesies fulfilled in their due times. 8. The Majesty and authority of the Scriptures. 10 9. The motives used in them to perswade, not reason, but commands. 10. The end and scope of the Scripture, which is Gods glory. 11. Their admirable power. 12. Their antiquity. 13. The hatred of the devill and wicked men against them. 14. The preservation of the Scriptures. 15. The power to humble a man, and raise him up againe. 16. The consonant testimony of all men at all times. 11 17. The knowne miracles done by the Writers. 18. The testimony of the Spirit in the hearts of men. What are the books of holy Scripture. 12 In what language the old Testament were first written, with vowels and pricks. That the Scriptures of the old Testament were first written without pricks or vowels. 13 The Book of Moses. The Booke of the Prophets. The Historicall Books. The Doctrinall Books. The Poeticall books. The Prosaicall books. 14 The Apocryphall Bookes. The erroors of the Apocryphall books. 15 Of the books of the New Testament. 16 The properties of the holy scriptures. 17