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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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Use Of Admonition; That most of all we be careful of this stubbornness or rebellion, which is not only to be understood in common of that contumacy, whereby men refuse altogether to be converted; but also specially, and in every part of obedience: For if we perceive that God calls us to this or that special duty, tis then our part mainly to take care, that even in that, we present our hearts to God flexible and persuasible whereunto we are invited.
Use Of Adm•nition; That most of all we be carefull of this stubbornnesse or rebellion, which is not onely to be understood in common of that con•umacy, whereby men refuse altogether to be converted; but also specially, and in every part of obedience: For if we perceive that God calls us to this or that special duty, tis then our part mainly to take care, that even in that, we present our hearts to God flexible and perswasible whereunto we are invited.
Doct. 2. Upon the children of disobedience, certainly and unevitably the horrible wrath of God comes. This is clear in the Text without any collection made from it.
That this wrath is horrible, and altogether intolerable, the Scripture every were testifies, as Heb. 10. 27. Apoc. 6. 16, 17. and elsewhere. And the thing it self doth sufficiently show it, if we consider Gods anger as to its intenseness, extensness and duration; as to its intenseness, it is called in Scripture a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 29. Now this fire of the wrath of God consumes not lightly, or light things only as in the superficies, but as it is said, Deutro. 32. 22. Gods wrath set on fire will burn down to the grave, &c. Nahum 1. 6. Where there is a most likely & pithy description. By all which descriptions is signified, that the wrath of God doth throughly pierce not only into the body, but into the soul and inward part of the spirit, for which reason in many places of Scripture, it is compared unto sharp arrows piercing into the heart its self, and consuming the spirit and life. As to the extension; this wrath of God contains in it all sort of evils, whether corporal or spiritual; whether in