A25294:1224
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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On Ephes. 6. 18. Praying always with […] prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and supplication f•r all Saints.
On Ephes. 6. 18. Praying alwayes with 〈…〉 prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and supplication f•r all Saints.
The Apostle after explication of our spiritual armour, which every Christian ought to furnish himself with, adds exhortations to prayers, by which this spiritual armour is taken up, put on, strengthened, made sure, and of proof, and is increased. In the Exhortation it self several things are expounded as the Duty of praying▪ which duty is declared, 1. By a distribution, with all prayer and supplication; 2. From the adjunct of time, alway, or at all times. 3. From the object, unto whose good these prayers are to serve; to wit not only for our selves, but for all Saints 4. From the efficient cause, by the Holy Ghost. 5. From its singular manner that must accompany it, which consists in watching and in perseverance.
THe Apostle after explication of our spiritual armour, which every Christian ought to furnish himself with, addes exhortations to prayers, by which this spiritual armour is taken up, put on, strengthened, made sure, and of proof, and is encreased. In the Exhortation it self several things are expounded as the Duty of praying▪ which duty is declared, 1. By a distribution, with all prayer and supplication; 2. From the adj•nct of time, alway, or at all times. 3. From the ob•ect, unto whose good these prayers are to serve; to wit not onely for our selves, but for all Saints 4. From the efficient cause, by the Holy Ghost. 5. From its singular manner that must accompany it, which consists in watching and in perseverance.