A25294:1294
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It is gathered from the words; Which art in Heaven.
Reas. 1. Because this majesty of God rightly set before us, and thought upon, strikes us into an awful reverence and fear of God, which is required unto all humble and rightly conceived prayers.
Reas. 1. Because this majesty of God rightly set before us, and thought upon, strikes us into an awfull reverence and fear of God, which is required unto all humble and rightly conceived prayers.
Reas. 2. Because the consideration of the same majesty lifts up our minds above all earthly and worldly things, to think upon and seek for things heavenly.
Reas. 2. Because the consideration of the same majesty lifts up our mindes above all earthly and worldly things, to think upon and seek for things heavenly.
Reas. 3. Because the heavenly power of God directly strengthens our confidence, according to that of the Apostle, Rom 4 21. He believed, and doubted not, that e who had promised, could also perform.