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A64622	A body of divinitie, or, The summe and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded, and explained, by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled / composed long since by James Vsher B. of Armagh, and at the earnest desires of divers godly Christians now printed and published ; whereunto is adjoyned a tract, intituled Immanvel, or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God heretofore writen [sic] and published by the same authour.; Body of divinity	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Downame, John, d. 1652.	1645 (1645)	Wing U151; ESTC R19025	516,207	504

have a care to marry them when they have understanding and discretion 8. That due respect be had to the age of the parties 9. That there bee espousalls before marriage and that the parties espoused joyne not themselves together before the marriage be confirmed by the Prayers of the Congregation according to the example of Ioseph and Marie Mat. 1. What be the contrary abuses 1. When Meditation and Prayer are neglected 2. When neerenesse of bloud and kindred is not respected 3. When either of the parties is formerly marryed or contracted to some other Mal. 2. 15. 4. When they are of a diverse Religion Gen. 6. 2. 5. When there wanteth consent of Parents Exod. 22. 16 17. where stealing away of mens daughters commeth within the compasse of Adultery and is condemned in this Commandement 6. When there is not due consent between the parties themselves Gen. 29. 23. Where untimely marriages come to be condemned which are the causes of many discords and so great dissention between Husband and Wives when they are come to yeares of discretion and age 7. When there is great disparity of age in parties contracted 8. When espousalls are neglected or the parties espoused come together before the consummation of the marriage both which are breaches of Gods Ordinances What is required in the holy use of marriage 1. An holy and Christian conversation together during the whole terme of their life 2. The sober use of the marriage bed What is required in the former That there be mutuall delight Prov. 5. 19. fidelity Rom. 7. 2. and confidence each in other Prov. 31. 11. What in the latter That they render due benevolence one to the other 1 Cor. 7. 3 4. and abuse not the marriage bed either unseasonably or untemperately How unseasonably In not observing the time either of naturall separation Lev. 18. 19. or of solemne humiliation wherein with consent they are to give themselves unto Fasting and Prayer which though it be not strictly commanded is yet permitted 1 Cor. 7. 5 6 7. How intemperately When the honourable and chaste estate of Matrimony is used to wantonnesse and not with moderation and seemlinesse 1 Thes. 4. 4 5. For as a man may commit a fault in excesse of Wine although it be his owne so may he sin in abusing his body with his owne wife Hitherto of the unlawfull conjunction wherein doth unlawfull separation consist Either in the utter abjuration of marriage or in the breach of conjugall society How is the former sinne committed By the unlawfull vowes of continency where we must abhorre the doctrine of devills depraving and denying holy marriage 1 Timothy 4. 1. 3. How is the latter committed Either when the party is present or when he is absent How when the party is present When due benevolence is not yeelded although there be aptnesse thereunto nor any hinderance by consent in respect of extraordinary prayer 1 Cor. 7. 3 4. How when the party is absent Either privately or publickly How privately When the party withdraweth it selfe in mislike or loathsomnesse or else by long and unnecessary journeys of travelling of merchandizing c. or making a desertion for hatred of Religion 1 Cor. 7. 12 13. 15. How publickly When separation hath been made by the Magistrate without lawfull cause Is there any lawfull cause of divorce Yes Adultery is a lawfull cause of separation but not contention or discord or any thing beside Matth. 5. 32. So much of the Commandement What are the punishments of the breach of it 1. When many other sinnes are hid this is most commonly discovered Num. 5. 13. Iohn 4. 16. Prov. 5. 14. 2. The sin is a judgement of it selfe Prov. 22. 14. Eccl. 7. 27 28. Rom. 1. 24. 3. God judgeth them oftentimes in this world alwayes in the world to come Heb. 13. 4. 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Num. 24. 8. Gen. 12. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 8. Gen. 34. 25. Iudges 19. 29. Prov. 7. 23 26 27. Iob 31. 9 10 11 12. 2 Sam. 13. 14. 28. 4. More particularly whipping for Fornication and death for Adultery and other unlawfull mixture Lev. 20. 10. 5. It spendeth the goods Prov. 5. 10. 6. 26. 6. It hurteth wasteth and consumeth the body Prov. 5. 11. 7. It bereaveth a man of his understanding and judgement Hos. 4. 11. 8. It not onely reacheth to the offenders themselves but also to their children who are the children of Adultery and by Moses Law the Bastard to the tenth generation might not enter into the Sanctuary Deut. 23. 2. 9. He sinneth against his wife and lawfull children whilst thereby he oftentimes maketh a Stewes of his house as David did by the adultery he committed with the wife of Vrias 2 Sam. 16. 21. 10. Barrennesse in his wife Lev. 20. 20. 11. Children begotten in horrible Incest were to be burnt or slaine in their mothers wombe What are the helpes to the obedience of this Commandement Vnto the fore-mentioned helpes there must be added 1. Care to keep a good conscience Eccles. 7. 28. 2. Labour in our Vocation 3. VVatchfulnesse over our owne fpirit Mal. 2. 16. 4. A Covenant with our eyes Iob 31. 1. 5. Love of God and of his wisedome Prov. 2. 10 c. 6. Prayer Psalme 119. 37. 7. Holy Meditation What are the hindrances to be avoyded Beside the unlawfull vowes of continency and other provocations unto this kinde of sin before noted we must beware of 1. Idlenesse in ceasing from doing any profitable thing Ezek. 16. 49. 2 Sam. 11. 12. 1 Tim. 5. 11 13. Gen. 34. 1 c. 2. The breach of peace with God Prov. 22. 14. 3. Running on in sin Eccl. 7. 28. especially Superstition and Idolatrie Rom. 1. 25 26. in which cases God giveth men over to vile lusts 4. Lewd company Prov. 5. 20. 7. 25. 5. Idle and unwarrantable exercises So much of the seventh Commandement where Chastity is commanded there followeth the generall duties which wee doe owe to man in other things appertaining unto him what be they They either regard the preservation of his goods as the eighth or his good name as the ninth Commandement What are the words of the eighth Commandement Thou shalt not steale Exod. 20. 15. What doth it containe A charge of our owne and our neighbours goods that we shew love and faithfulnesse therein and not onely not impeach or hinder but by all meanes preserve and further the same What speciall matter doe you learne from hence The grosse errour of the Anabaptists that hold community of goods which by the whole drift and scope of this Commandement is manifestly overthrowne What is forbidden in this Commandement VVhatsoever is prejudiciall to our owne or our neighbours wealth that we no way hinder diminish or abuse the same What is required VVhatsoever may further or prosper our owne or our neighbours wealth that we give to every one that which is his and doe our best as farre

whether it be in good or evill 2 Cor. 8. 12. Mat. 5. 28. Why then it seemeth that it were as good for a man to act sin as to consent to the acting of it Not so For though they be both sins the one as wel as the other yet not equall and in the same degree but as the one is more hainous then the other and more defileth the conscience so maketh it a man liable to a deeper degree of hellish condemnation You have spoken of the degrees of evill affections now shew what are the kindes They are either concupiscible about things affected and desired or irrascible about things which they abhor and shun as suddain and rash anger and the first motions of envy c. How are the concupiscible distinguished By the Objects for it is either the lust of the eyes the lust of the flesh or the pride of life 1 John 2. 15. all which are forbidden in the first Commandement as they are repugnant to the love of God and in this Commandement as they are opposite to the love of our neighbours and so farre forth as they are more secret and covert and the first motions of concupiscence and the first principles and degrees of the sins against our neighbours forbidden in the other Commandements You have shewed what concupiscence is in the generall now shew what it that speciall kinde of it which is here expressely forbidden The concupiscence of the eyes which is varied and diversified by the removing of divers objects But why is this rather forbidden then any other kinde Because it is the worst of all and most pernicious and therefore fittest to comprehend under it all the rest as it is done in the other Commandements But why is it the most pernicious First because it is the root of all the vices forbidden in the other Commandements either in begetting or nourishing them Secondly because it extinguisheth charity towards God by turning the heart from him after earthly things Ephes. 5. 5. Col. 3. 5. and towards our neighbours by disposing mens hearts to cruelty lust and covetousnesse and making them averse to charity mercy and Christian beneficence Thirdly because it is unsatiable Eccles. 4. 8. Fourthly because it is unquiet and restlesse vexing the covetous minde and heart as it were hellish furies 1 Tim. 6. 10. 1 Kings 21. 4. Fiftly because it is joyned with selfe-love and envy Lastly because it betrayeth men unto Satans tentations to their destruction 1 Tim. 6. 9. But is all concupiscence here forbidden as unlawfull No but that onely which is repugnant to charity towards God and our neighbours that which is inordinate and that which by unlawfull meanes seeketh to be satisfied and tendeth to an evill end James 4. 3. Finally that which is either immoderate having no bounds or else unjust coveting that which is another mans against their will and profit What are the objects which are here removed They are infinite and innumerable but for examples sake hee insisteth upon some which men more usually and ardently covet after What meaneth he by the house of our neighbour Both his place of habitation and his family Genesis 17. and last For a house is necessary to him that hath a family which convinceth them of a great sin that for every slight cause thrust their Tenants out of their houses Esa. 5. 8. What are the parts of the Family here numbred The wife servant maid c. The wife of another must not be coveted for such is the union in marriage between man and wife that it is unlawfull to covet another mans wife not onely to commit adultery with her but to enjoy her for his own though by lawfull meanes and after the others death What are the other parts of the family Servants men and maidens whom we are here forbidden to covet or to use any meanes to entice them from their masters to come to us For though this were a greater sinne among the Iewes because they had a propriety in them their servants being part of their goods yet it is a sinne also amongst us as being against charity and the common rule of Iustice which enjoyneth us to let every one have his owne and to do to another as we would have him doe unto us What other things doth this Commandement forbid to covet Our neighbours Oxe or Asse which are here named to comprehend all other goods immoveable or moveable because they are of most necessary use for mans life And lest we should think it lawfull to covet any other thing not here named he includeth all in the last words Nor any thing that is thy Neighbours whether it bee for necessity profit or delight What doe you further gather from hence First that those things are our Neighbours which God hath given him Secondly that by this gift of God every man hath a propriety and distinct right in that he possesseth by vertue of this tenure Thirdly that he ought to be contented with that portion which God hath given him and not to covet another mans and consequently that the Doctrine and practice of the Familists is erroneous and wicked You have spoken hitherto of the Negative part now shew what is the Affirmative Here is commanded a pure charitable and just heart towards our neighbours 1 Tim. 1. 5. unto which though none can attaine in a legall perfection yet ought all to desire and aspire unto it Wherein doth this purity consist In two things First in originall justice and internall perfect charity in which wee were created Secondly in spirituall concupiscence What is originall Justice Not onely an exact purity from all spots of unrighteousnesse but also a disposition to performe cheerefully all offices of Charity and Iustice. What is spirituall Concupiscence It containes two things First good motions of the Spirit Secondly a fight of the Spirit against the lust of the Flesh. What are those good motions of the Spirit Charitable and just motions thoughts desires and affections that all which we think or desire may be for our neighbours good And this wee must doe frequently and constantly What is the fight against fleshly lusts When as being regenerate and assisted by Gods Spirit we make warre against the flesh and the lusts thereof and in all we may labour to mortifie crucifie and subdue them because they make warre against our soules and spirituall part Gal. 5. 17. 1 Pet. 2. 11. Rom. 7. 23. What are the meanes moving and enabling us to performe the duties required in this Commandement They are either generall and common or else more speciall and proper What are the generall meanes Such as tend to the conserving of the heart in purity that it may shun all sinfull concupiscence As first to walke with God and so to demeane our selves at all times and in all things as being alwayes in his presence who searcheth the heart and reines Secondly to observe and set a watch over our hearts Prov. 4.