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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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Quest. What shall they do then, that have not yet received the spirit of adoption, so that with any certainty they may •all upon God, as their Father?
Ans. Though such cannot for that time receive ⟨p. 274⟩that comfort of their prayers, that others do, yet they ought not therefore to cease from the exercise of prayer, because this it self is a most fit means to attain to this confidence; when by lifting up the heart to God, we wish at least, if we cannot with downright confidence and affirmation say of the Word, that yet we could, and might truly call upon God, as our Father.
Ans. Though such cannot for that time receive ⟨p. 274⟩that comfort of their prayers, that others do, yet they ought not therefore to cease from the exercise of prayer, because this it self is a most fit meanes to attain to this confidence; when by lifting up the heart to God, we wish at least, if we cannot with downright confidence and affirmation say of the Word, that yet we could, and might truly call upon God, as our Father.
Use, Of Direction, that we always call upon God in Christ, in whom alone God is our Father by adopting us, and reconciled unto us, and accepts of our selves and of our prayers.
Use, Of Direction, that we alwayes call upon God in Christ, in whom alone God is our Father by adopting us, and reconciled unto us, and accepts of our selves and of our prayers.