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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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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.
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.
Reas. 3 Because this is one the difference between true and sincere prayer, and that which is hypocritical and vain; in that hypocrites then only seek after God, when by their own private and proper necessities they are constrained to it, and seek not to him first, and for himself. But the godly call upon God for the esteem that they have of himself ⟨p. 278⟩especially, although even then also with him, they seek their own happiness in him, and in him alone; because this is most of all to glorify God in that manner that himself hath prescribed.
Reas. 3 Because this is one the difference between true and sincere prayer, and that which is hypocritical and vain; in that hypocrites then onely seek after God, when by their owne private and proper necessities they are constrained to it, and seek not to him first, and for himself. But the godly call upon God for the esteem that they have of himself ⟨p. 278⟩especially, although even then also with him, they seek their owne happiness in him, and in him alone; because this is most of all to glorify God in that manner that himself hath prescribed.
Use. Of Exhortation, that by all means we stir up in our selves this fervent desire towards the glory of Gods name, not only beyond and above all profits and pleasures of this life, but also above our life it self, both in this world, and in the world to come, if it were possible that we could desire Gods glory separately from our own salvation, and glorification in Heaven.