A25294:1307
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.
Lecture 47: The forty seventh Lords day. On the first petition of the Lords prayer.
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.
Doct. 2. Such things are in the first place, and with greatest affection to be sought after, as most concern the glory of Gods name.
Doct. 2. Such things are in the first place, and with greatest affection to be sought after, as most concerne the glory of Gods name.
This is gathered from the order of the petitions.
Reas. 1. Because in the order of intention, and of a well ordered desire, the end is first to be desired: And the glory of God is the end of all.
Reas. 2. That which is first in worth, ought to be put before all other things: And the glory of God hath infinite excellency and worth beyond all things else.