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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.
But put case also, that the life of any other singular man might be equivalent to all the lives of whole mankind: yet the laying down of that life would not be sufficient to do the deed, unless he that had power to lay it down had power likewise to take it up again. For, to be detained always in that prison rfrom whence there is no coming out before the payment of the uttermost farthing; is to lie always under execution, and to quit the plea of that full payment of the debt wherein our surety stood engaged for us. And therefore the Apostle upon that ground doth rightly conclude; thats if Christ be not raised, our faith is vain, we are yet in our sins: and consequently, that as he must bet delivered to death for our offences, so he must be raised again for our justification.
But put case also, that the life of any other singular man might be equivalent to all the lives of whole mankind: yet the laying down of that life would not be sufficient to doe the deed, unlesse he that had power to lay it down had power likewise to take it up again. For, to be detained always in that prison rfrom whence there is no comming out before the payment of the uttermost farthing; is to lie always under execution, and to quit the plea of that full payment of the debt wherein our surety stood engaged for us. And therefore the Apostle upon that ground doth rightly conclude; thats if Christ be not raised, our faith is vaine, we are yet in our sinnes: and consequently, that as he must bet delivered to death for our offences, so he must be raised again for our justification.
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