A25294:1412
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.
Use Is of Exhortation, to keep our selves from all inordinate care and solicitude about worldly things.
Use Is of Exhortation, to keep our selves from all inordinate care and sollicitude about worldly things.
Doct. 4. Our confidence or trust in God, and prayer to him, even about the necessaries of this life, is daily to be renewed.
This follows from the word, this day.
Reas. 1▪ Because there is no day wherein we stand not in need of Gods favour and blessing, even in such things.
Reas. 2. Because daily the blessings of God are renewed towards us, and therefore also our worship towards him ought daily to be renewed.