A25294:1217
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. 3. We ought to desire our Neighbours good as well as our own.
Doct. 3. We ought to desire our Neighbours good as well as our owne.
This is hence gathered; that here is forbidden the coveting of that, which is our Neighbours; whence follows, that we ought not only to leave to him such things as are his; but also, which is more, desire heartily that he may keep and enjoy his own to his own content, not that we should have them, or desire them. So that as the love of God above all things else is commanded in the first Commandment, so this love of our Neighbour, as of our selves, seems chiefly to be commanded, and as it were summed up in this last Commandment.
This is hence gathered; that here is forbidden the coveting of that, which is our Neighbours; whence followes, that we ought not onely to leave to him such things as are his; but also, which is more, desire heartily that he may keep and enjoy his owne to his owne content, not that we should have them, or desire them. So that as the love of God above all things else is commanded in the first Commandment, so this love of our Neighbour, as of our selves, seems chiefly to be commanded, and as it were summed up in this last Commandment.
Reas. 1. Because love to our Neighbour ought to follow from our love to God; and God may be as well honoured by the things he gives to our Neighbour, as the things that he gives to us.