B04689:157
The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be…
The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort.The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to heare sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort.
London: printed by John Field, 1660
THE EXPOSITION OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES. › Principle 1: The first Principle expounded.
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. Besides the Testimony of the Scripture plain reason will show it.
A. Besides the Testimony of the Scripture plain reason will shew it.
Q. What is one reason?
A. When I consider bthe wonderful frame of the world, me thinks the silly creatures that be in it, could never make it, neither could it make it self; and therefore besides all these, the Maker of it must needs be God. Even as when a man comes into a strange country and, sees fair and sumptuous buildings, and yet finds no living ⟨p. 13⟩creatures there besides birds and beasts, he will not imagine that either birds or beasts reared those buildings, but he presently conceives that some men either are, or have been there.
A. When I consider bthe wonderful frame of the world, me thinks the silly creatures that be in it, could never make it, neither could it make it self; and therefore besides all these, the Maker of it must needs be God. Even as when a man comes into a strange country and, sees fair and sumptuous buildings, and yet finds no living ⟨p. 13⟩creatures there besides birds and beasts, he wil not imagine that either birds or beasts reared those buildings, but he presently conceives that some men either are, or have been there.