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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 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 manner of seeking them; give us &c.
Reas. 1. Because God is absolute Lord of all that is in heaven and in earth; and therefore whatsoever any creature possesses or enjoys, it hath all this from Gods free indulgence.
Reas. 1. Because God is absolute Lord of all that is in heaven and in earth; and therefore whatsoever any creature possesses or enjoyes, it hath all this from Gods free indulgence.
Reas. 2. Because as from God, the thing it self that we possess, depends; so also doth the whole fruit, use, and benefit of it, every way.
Reas. 2. Because as from God, the thing it self that we possesse, depends; so also doth the whole fruit, use, and benefit of it, every way.
Reas. 3. Because this gift of God, is herein singular, and freely bountiful, in that he gives them to such as are unworthy, and such as too too unworthily use them, and abuse his gifts.