A25294:1395
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 50: The fiftieth Lords day. On the fourth 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.
This follows from the connection that we have showed.
This followes from the connexion that we have shewed.
Reas. 1 Because thus all things are referred to the glory of God, as their last end, according as they should.
Reas. 2. Because while thus we receive these outward goods, we get all the good that is in them, and at once also keep our selves free from all the evil, that someway cleaves to them; in regard whereof, they are called snares, thorns, and all designed in Scripture by such like names, that set forth unto us great danger by them, or from them.
Reas. 2. Because while thus we receive these outward goods, we get all the good that is in them, and at once also keep our selves free from all the evill, that someway cleaves to them; in regard whereof, they are called snares, thornes, and all designed in Scripture by such like names, that set forth unto us great danger by them, or from them.