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A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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 was he God?
A. That he might bear the weight of Gods wrath without sinking under it, overcome death, be the Head 6 of the Church, repair his Image in us, conquer the enemies of our salvation, and defend us against them.
A. That he might beare the weight of Gods wrath without sinking vnder it, ouercome death, bee the Head 6 of the Church, repaire his Image in vs, conquer the enemies of our saluation, and defend vs against them.
Expos. 6. The dignity of being Head of the Church is so great, that it cannot agree to any mere man, Eph. 1. 21. Phil. 2. 9, 10, 11. Heb. 1. 6. also the offices of the head, are to give the power of life, feeling, and moving, to the body, Joh. ⟨p. 81⟩1. 4. Rom. 8. 2. and to direct by his power, the inward and outward functions of the body,