A25294:1245
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. 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.
Doct. 4. In some sort or other we ought always, or at all times to be praying.