A69075:2100
Christian religion
Christian religion: substantially, methodically[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitably treatisedChristian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1611
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Seeing the disorder of a member, as to have an eye where the nose should be, or a foot for the hand, causeth both horror and grief: so the like disorder in the Church of Christ must needs be horrible.
Seeing the disorder of a member, as to haue an eie where the nose should bee, or a foot for the hand, causeth both horror and griefe: so the like disorder in the Church of Christ must needs be horrible.
Wherein doth this comparison further hold?
That as in the body of a man, every member hath his ⟨p. 201⟩own several function to discharge; and no member can well and fitly discharge the duty of another: so it must be in the Church of God: and as all the several members of the body are knit and united to their head, so are all the members of the Church unto their head Christ.
That as in the body of a mā, euery member hath his ⟨p. 201⟩owne seuerall function to discharge; and no member can well and fitly discharge the duety of another: so it must be in the Church of God: and as all the seuerall members of the bodie are knit and vnited to their head, so are all the members of the Church vnto their head Christ.