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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.
This is that newa David our King, whom God hath raised up unto hisb own Israel: who was in Truth, that which he was called; the Son of Man, and the Son of the Highest. That in the one respect,c we may say unto him, as the Israelites of old did unto their David; dBehold, we are thy bone and thy flesh: and in the other, sing of him as David himself did;e The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. So that the promise made unto our first Parents, thatf the seed of the Woman should bruise the Serpents head, may well stand with that other saying of S. Paul; thatg the God of peace shall ⟨p. 24⟩bruise Satan under our feet. Seeingh for this very purpose the Son of God was manifested iin the flesh, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. And still that foundation of God will remain unshaken: I keven I am the Lord, and beside me there is no Saviour. lThou shalt know no God but me: for there is no Saviour beside me.
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