A69075:233
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.
Why is the rude mass called heaven and earth?
Why is the rude masse called heauen and earth?
By a trope of the matter whereof all the bodily creatures were made; it seemeth that the rudeness was in the earth only, containing the water and the dry land, because the Prophet saith that the earth ⟨p. 19⟩was void and without shape. It is true that Moses giveth this to the earth, rather then to the mass of the heavens, because the confusion and rudeness was greater there then in the mass of the heavens, because the water and dry land being mingled together, there was no form or figure of them.
By a trope of the matter whereof all the bodilie creatures were made; it seemeth that the rudenes was in the earth only, containing the water and the drie land, because the Prophet saith that the earth ⟨p. 19⟩was voide and without shape. It is true that Moses giueth this to the earth, rather then to the masse of the heauens, because the confusion and rudenesse was greater there then in the masse of the heauens, because the water and drie land being mingled together, there was no forme or figure of them.
Whereof was the rude mass of heaven and earth made?
VVhereof was the rude masse of heauen and earth made?