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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.
With what astonishment then may we behold our dust and ashes assumed into the undivided unity of Gods own Person; and admitted to dwell here, as an inmate, under the same roof; and yet in the midst of those everlasting burnings, the bush to remain unconsumed, and to continue fresh and green for evermore? Yea, how should not we with Abraham rejoice to see this day, wherein not only our nature in the Person of our Lord Jesus is found to dwell for ever in those everlasting burnings; but, in and by him, our own persons also are brought so nigh thereunto, thatt God doth set his Sanctuary and Tabernacle among us, and dwell with us; and (which is much more) maketh us our selves to be theu house and thex habitation, wherein he is pleased to dwell by his Spirit, according to that of the Apostle,y Ye are the Temple of the living God, as God hath said; I will dwell in them and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And that most admirable prayer, which our Saviour himself made unto his Father in our behalf.z I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word: that they all may be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
With what astonishment then may wee behold our dust and ashes assumed into the undivided unity of Gods own Person; and admitted to dwell here, as an inmate, under the same roofe; and yet in the midst of those everlasting burnings, the bush to remain unconsumed, and to continue fresh and green for evermore? Yea, how should not wee with Abraham rejoyce to see this day, wherein not onely our nature in the Person of our Lord Jesus is found to dwell for ever in those everlasting burnings; but, in and by him, our own persons also are brought so nigh thereunto, that