A25294:1442
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 51: The one and fifty Lords day. On the fifth 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 is hence gathered, in that we are here taught to this end to fly to the forgiving mercy of God.
Reas. 1. Because God is not only a just Judge, but also a merciful Father, as is in the preface of this prayer.
Reas. 1. Because God is not onely a just Judge, but also a mercifull Father, as is in the preface of this prayer.
Reas. 2. Because God according to his infinite wisdom hath so ordered things in Christ, that he can with safety to his justice, of his free mercy forgive us our sins.
Reas. 2. Because God according to his infinite wisedome hath so ordered things in Christ, that he can with safety to his justice, of his free mercy forgive us our sins.
Reas. 3. Because this mercy being infinite, far surpasseth our sins, though in themselves they be horrible.
Reas. 3. Because this mercy being infinite, farre surpasseth our sins, though in themselves they be horrible.