A25294:1462
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 52: The fifty second Lords day. On the sixth 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.
Doct. 1. The guilt of former sins committed, deserveth altogether at gods hands, that we should be quite given over to temptations and sins.
This is gathered from the connection; wherein first forgiveness of sins is sought, and then deliverance from temptations, and evil for sin.
This is gathered from the connexion; wherein first forgivenesse of sins is sought, and then deliverance from temptations, and evill for sin.
Reas. 1. Because sin being an aversion, or turning away from God, therefore it deserves, that he should turn away himself, and his grace from us.
Reas. 1. Because sin being an aversion, or turning away from God, therefore it deserves, that he should turne away himself, and his grace from us.
Reas. 2. Because for sin, we both give our selves up as it were servants to sin, and to him that tempts to sin; We deserve therefore directly, and very rightly, that we should be given to such masters, as we our selves have chosen.