A25294:1244
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reas. 1. Because we of our selves know not, neither how, nor what to pray for: And although we be taught about such things in the word of God, yet for the practise it self, a special direction of the holy spirit is requisite.
Reas. 2. Because our weaknesses are so many, in ⟨p. 268⟩the exercise of Prayer, that they must be helped by the holy spirit.
Reas. 3. Because no prayers can be holy and acceptable to God, unless they come from the holy Spirit.
Reas. 3. Because no prayers can be holy and acceptable to God, unlesse they come from the holy Spirit.
Use, Of Direction, that in making our prayers, we trust not to our own wit, and volubility of gifts, and to our own strength; but that we rely always on the grace and help of the Holy Spirit.
Use, Of Direction, that in making our prayers, we trust not to our own wit, and volubility of gifts, and to our own strength; but that we rely alwayes on the grace and help of the Holy Spirit.