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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Use, Of Direction and Exhortation, that first of all we seek the Kingdom of God.
Use, Of Direction and Exhortation, that first of all we seek the Kingdome of God.
Doct. 2. This Kingdom is not set up, nor brought about by any other, than God himself.
Doct. 2. This Kingdome is not set up, nor brought about by any other, than God himself.
This is hence gathered, in that the coming hereof is sought from God alone, as the author and principal cause and procurer of it.
Reas. 1. Because the adversaries and enemies of this Kingdom are more and mightier, than that they can be overcome by any creature.
Reas. 1. Because the adversaries and enemies of this Kingdome are more and mightier, than that they can be overcome by any creature.