A64622:8288
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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How dangerous a matter it is to be at odds with God, old Eli showeth by this main argument. mIf one man sin against another, the Judge shall judge him▪ but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall plead or entreat for him? and Job, before him. nHe is not a man as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment: neither is there any Days-man or Umpire betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. If this general should admit no manner of exception, then were we in a woeful case, and had cause to weep much more then S. John did in the Revelation; when onone was found in heaven, nor ⟨p. 8⟩in earth, nor under the earth, that was able to open the book which he saw in the right hand of him that sate upon the Throne, neither to look thereon. But as S. John was wished there, to refrain his weeping; because pthe Lyon of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, had prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof: so he himself elsewhere giveth the like comfort unto all of us in this particular. qIf any sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is a propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
How dangerous a matter it is to be at ods with God, old Eli sheweth by this main argument. mIf one man sin against another, the Judge shall judge him▪ but if a man sinne against the Lord, who shall plead or intreat for him? and Job, before him. nHe is not a man as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment: neither is there any Days-man or Vmpire betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. If this generall should admit no manner of exception, then were we in a wofull case, and had cause to weep much more then S. John did in the Revelation; when