A25294:1119
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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Reas 3. Because that esteem and respect which descends from the superior to the inferior hath much more weight than that which ascends from the inferior to the superior, and therefore makes more for preserving of the safety of mankind in its right order.
Reas 3. Because that esteeme and respect which descends from the superior to the inferior hath much more weight than that which ascends from the inferior to the superior, and therefore makes more for preserving of the safety of mankinde in its right order.
Use 1. That Superiors uphold with their dignity, that resemblance of God, which they ought to carry before there inferiors.
Use 1. That Superiours uphold with their dignity, that resemblance of God, which they ought to carry before there inferiours.
2. That they have a care of going before them in a right way and by a good example.
3. That they alway use all their wisdom, authority, and power, that they have, to the procuring of the good of them that are under them