A25294:1274
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. 1. Because prayer is so divine a worship, and gives so much glory to the party that it is made ⟨p. 273⟩to, that without idolatry it cannot be offered to any creature; whence also in Scripture every where it is called a sacrifice, which the very Papists themselves confess cannot be offered but to God alone.
Reas. 2 Because no creature can sufficiently know our prayers; to wit, as they come from the heart, and not from the mouth only.
Reas. 2 Because no creature can sufficiently know our prayers; to wit, as they come from the heart, and not from the mouth onely.
R. 3. Because no creature can always & every where be present to hear prayers, where they are made.
Reas. 4. We cannot religiously call on such, as we do not religiously believe in, Rom. 10. But we may not religiously believe in a creature, Ir. 17. 5.