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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 2 › Section 2: Sins against the first Commandment.
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Sect. 2. Sins against the first Commandment.
IN every Commandment we must observe both the duties required, and sins forbidden, for both these are implied in every one of the Commandments; if in the first thou art guilty, thou must answer negatively; if in the second, thou must answer affirmatively: now then to proceed.
IN every Commandment we must observe both the duties required, and sins forbidden, for both these are implyed in every one of the Commandments; if in the first thou art guilty, thou must answer negatively; if in the second, thou must answer affirmatively: now then to proceed.
It is the first Commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods but me.
For the duties here required,
Say first, Hast thou ever in mind, will, and affections, took the true God in Christ to be thy God? Secondly, hast thou abounded in those graces by which thou shouldst cleave unto God, as in the warmth of knowledge, and love, and fear, and joy, and trusting in God? Thirdly, hast thou observed Gods mercies, and promises, and works, and judgements upon thee, and (by a particular application) took special notice thereof? Fourthly, hast thou communicated with the godly, and joined thy self to Gods people, and delighted chiefly in them?