A69076:546
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.
Q. How cometh it to pass, that the old Serpent, the author of all, is not called to be examined.
Q. How commeth it to passe, that the old Serpent, the author of all, is not called to be examined.
A. Because that the Lord would show no mercy unto him, wherefore he only pronounceth judgement against him.
A. Because that the Lord would shew no mercy vnto him, wherfore he only pronounceth iudgement against him.
Q What learn you from thence?
Q What learne you from thence?
A. That it is a mercy of God, when we have sinned, to be called to account, and to be examined, whether ⟨p. 57⟩immediately by God, or mediately by those whom God hath placed over us, as by the father of the household, or by the magistrate, or by the governor of the Church; and it is a token of Gods fearful judgment, when we are suffered to rot in our sins, without being