A25294:1466
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.
Reas. 3 When we rush into sin, we neglect that grace of God, by which we might have been preserved from sin; and therefore we deserve to be deserted by him.
Use 1. Of Admonition▪ that we so much the more take care to keep our selves from sin.
Use 2. Of Direction, that we daily seek from God, the forgiveness of our sins, even for this end, that we be not further given up to sin, and to temptation, but that we may be preserved from both.
Use 2. Of Direction, that we daily seek from God, the forgivenesse of our sins, even for this end, that we be not further given up to sin, and to temptation, but that we may be preserved from both.
Doct. 2. Whosoever have forgiveness of sins, or seriously seek after it, they have a desire, and true purpose to abstain and keep themselves from sinning in time to come.
Doct. 2. Whosoever have forgivenesse of sins, or seriously sek after it, they have a desire, and true purpose to abstain and keep themselves from sinning in time to come.