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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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Doct. 1▪ We ought with all religion, or devotion to be conversant about such things▪, as belong unto Gods worship, both as to the things themselves, and as to the manner of handling them.
It is clear enough in the words themselves; Take not the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Reas. 1. Because this manner of handling things, belongs some way to the form of the action, and of our duty: and it more inwardly belongs to our duties▪ that we rightly direct our actions, as to the point of their form than of their matter and object; though a care must be had of both, and that with a devotion of the same kind.
Reas. 1. Because this manner of handling things, belongs some way to the form of the action, and of our duty: and it more inwardly belongs to our duties▪ that we rightly direct our actions, as to the point of their form than of their matter and object; though a care must be had of both, and that with a devotion of the same kinde.