A69076:563
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. The ordinance of God, that there shall be always enmity between the Devil and his seed, of the one side; and the woman and her seed on the other side, together with the effect of this enmity.
A. The ordinance of God, that there shall bee alwaies enmitie betweene the Diuell and his seed, of the one side; and the woman and her seed on the other side, together with the effect of this enmity.
Q. What do you understand by the seed of the Devil, seeing there is no generation of the Devils; for that there is no male or female amongst them, neither have they bodies to engender?
Q. What doe you vnderstand by the seede of the Diuell, seeing there is no generation of the Diuels; for that there is no male or female amongst them, neither haue they bodies to ingender?
A. The seed of the Devil are all both wicked men 1and Angels, which are corrupt as he is, and carry his image: in which respect the wicked are called the children of the Devil, and oft times the sons of Belial.
A. The seed of the Diuell are all both wicked men 1and Angels, which are corrupt as hee is, and carrie his image: in which respect the wicked are called the children of the Diuell, and oft times the sonnes of Beliall.