A69075:449
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.
What are the outward things of the body?
What are the outward things of the bodie?
They are the abuse of the tongue and of the ears, whereof hath been spoken: or of the eyes, and of the taste, which are here mentioned. For in that it is said, it was delectable to look on, the eyes are made an instrument of this sin; and in that it was said, it was good to eat, the taste is made to be an instrument of it.
They are the abuse of the tongue and of the eares, whereof hath been spoken: or of the eyes, and of the taste, which are here mentioned. For in that it is said, it was delectable to looke on, the eyes are made an instrument of this sinne; and in that it was said, it was good to eate, the taste is made to be an instrument of it.
How could Eva tell it was good to eat, which never had tasted it?
How could Eua tell it was good to eate, which neuer had tasted it?
She knew it by the beautiful colour, it was so: for if we be able, in this darkness we are fallen into, to discern commonly by the sight of the fruit, whether it be good; and especially the Simplists in Physic by the colour only of the herb, to tell whether it be hot or cold, sweet or sower; how much more were Adam and Eve, who had the perfection of the knowledge of those things more then ever Solomon himself?