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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.
We are yet further to take it into our consideration, that by thus enlivening and fashioning us according to his own image, Christs purpose was not to raise a seed unto himself dispersedly and distractedly, but tof gather together in one, the Children of God that were scattered abroad; yea and tog bring all unto one head by himself, both them which are in Heaven and them which are on the Earth. That as in the Tabernacle,h the veil divided between the Holy place and the most Holy; but the curtains which covered them both were so coupled together with the taches, that it might stilli be one Tabernacle: so the Church Militant and Triumphant, typified thereby, though distant as far the one from the other as Heaven is from Earth, yet is made but one Tabernacle in Jesus Christ;k In whom all the building fifty framed together groweth unto an holy Temple in the Lord, and in whom all of us are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Wee are yet further to take it into our consideration, that by thus enlivening and fashioning us according to his own image, Christs purpose was not to raise a seed unto himself dispersedly and distractedly, but tof gather together in one, the Children of God that were scattered abroad; yea and tog bring all unto one head by himselfe, both them which are in Heaven and them which are on the Earth. That as in the Tabernacle,h the vail divided between the Holy place and the most Holy; but the curtaines which covered them both were so coupled together with the taches, that it might stilli