A manuduction, or introduction vnto diuinitie containing a confutation of papists by papists, throughout the important articles of our religion; their testimonies taken either out of the Indices expurgatorii, or out of the Fathers, and ancient records; but especially the parchments. By Tho. Iames, Doctor of Diuinitie, late fellow of New-Colledge in Oxford, and Sub-Deane of the cathedrall church of Welles. This marke noteth the places that are taken out of the Indices expurgatorij: and this [pointing hand], a note of the places in the manuscripts.

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Title: A manuduction, or introduction vnto diuinitie containing a confutation of papists by papists, throughout the important articles of our religion; their testimonies taken either out of the Indices expurgatorii, or out of the Fathers, and ancient records; but especially the parchments. By Tho. Iames, Doctor of Diuinitie, late fellow of New-Colledge in Oxford, and Sub-Deane of the cathedrall church of Welles. This marke noteth the places that are taken out of the Indices expurgatorij: and this [pointing hand], a note of the places in the manuscripts.
Author: James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.
Publication: [London] :: Imprinted [by Isaac Jaggard] for Henry Cripps, and Henry Curteyne at Oxford,; 1625.
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¶ The Fourth Proposition.

Of its Perspicuitie.

THe word of God being (as hath bene formerly shewed) the bread of life, the spirituall Manna, what auaileth it, if it be not broken; or if it be broken, if it bes not digested? If

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the Arke be vnder its cou••rings, how shall the glory of God be seene? Or if it be seene, if onely the High-Priest may en∣ter? The Scriptures are hard, and the difficulties are many; to assoyle this doubt, and resolue the question, the Scripture is plaine, y 1.1 ad dandam homini viaetori notitiam veram sufficientem partim per plana, and for the rest, the obseruation is safe that is giuen vpon z 1.2 Cyrill, that wee must not be too curious to hunt after that which God would haue vnknowne in the Scripture.

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y 1.1

Ms 2••. p. 149

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z 1.2

☞ Q•••• aperte dicta no sunt, cu∣riosi••s in dagari non debe t. Cy••il adversus Anthro∣pom. c. 2. p. 709.

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