A25294:1270
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 so great is our unworthiness, that hardly can our minds be raised up to consider and believe, how our prayers are heard of God, unless we seriously meditate on the favour or grace of God, and his promises.
Reas. 3. Because so great is our unworthinesse, that hardly can our mindes be raised up to consider and believe, how our prayers are heard of God, unless we seriously meditate on the favour or grace of God, and his promises.
U•e, Of Direction how we ought to dispose and settle our selves to prayer; namely by such a preparation, which chiefly doth consist in two things: 1. In calling away of our mind, and thoughts, and cares, from all other things, not only unlawful, but otherwise lawful, though worldly, during that time, and exercise. 2 In setting of our minds, and thoughts, and affections on heavenly things, and that according to that occasion, which our prayers in general, and in their special and particular natures, give us.
U•e, Of Direction how we ought to dispose and settle our selves to prayer; namely by such a preparation, which chiefly doth consist in two things: 1. In calling away of our minde, and thoughts, and cares, from all other things, not onely unlawfull, but otherwise lawfull, though worldly, during that time, and exercise. 2 In setting of our mindes, and thoughts, and affections on heavenly things, and that according to that occasion, which our prayers in general, and in their special and particular natures, give us.
Doct. 2. God alone by religious prayer is to be called upon.