A69076:554
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. Why doth God pronounce sentence against the Serpent, that knew not what it did?
A. It was for mans sake, and not for the beasts sake.
Q. Why for mans sake?
A. To show his love to mankind, by his displeasure against any thing, that shall give any help to do hurt unto him. In which respect, he commandeth that the ox that killeth a man should be slain, and that the 1flesh thereof should not be eaten: Like a kind father that cannot abide the sight of the knife, that hath maimed or killed his child.
A. To shew his loue to mankind, by his displeasure against any thing, that shall giue any helpe to doe hurt vnto him. In which respect, he commandeth that the oxe that killeth a man should bee slaine, and that the 1flesh thereof should not bee eaten: Like a kind father that cannot abide the sight of the knife, that hath maimed or killed his child.