A69076:481
A treatise of Christian religion
A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole body and substance of divinity. By T.C.A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1616
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.
A. They were either outward things of the body, or the inward affections of the mind moved by them.
A. They were either outward things of the body, or the inward affections of the mind moued by them.
Q. What are the outward things of the body?
A. 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 occasion and means of this sin; and in that it was said, it was good to eat, the taste also is made to be an instrument of it, and an inducement to it.
A. 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 occasion and meanes of this sinne; and in that it was said, it was good to eate, the taste also is made to bee an instrument of it, and an inducement to it.
Q. How could Eva tell it was good to eat, which never had tasted it?