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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 48: The forty eighth Lords day. On the second 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.
The forty eighth Lords day. On the second petition of the Lords prayer.
Let thy Kingdom come.
Let thy Kingdome come.
IN the second Petition is handled the principal means, whereby the name of God is hallowed, or glorified amongst men; and that is, the Kingdom of God, and its coming is sought for. And by the Kingdom of God properly is understood that state of the Church, wherein she is made partaker of that happiness, that she hath in her communion with God. For a Kingdom in its general notion, is a kind of polity or public government and state of men, wherein one hath the supreme and chief command, and all others are subject (less or more) for their own good. For unless it be for the good of the Subjects, or people, it is not a Kingdom, but a Tyranny. So the Kingdom of God, is a Polity or State, wherein God hath the Sovereignty or Supreme power and command; and men are subject in such a sort, that from thence they may reap and receive their chief good, that can be desired, or eternal and true happiness. By a […] also all such means are understood by the Kingdom of God, whereby such a state of the Church is procured. Of this Kingdom there are two most remarkable degrees; one in that administration which belongs unto this present life, in respect whereof it is called the Kingdom of grace: The other unto the life to come, in regard whereof it is called the Kingdom