A25294:1475
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. 3. Who so desires to keep himself from sin, ought also to keep himself from all temptations and occasions that lead into sin.
It is clear from the petition, which prays against temptations to sins
It is clear from the petition, which prayes against temptations to sins
Reas. 1. Because the end of such temptations is sin, and the misery that follows upon sin.
Reas. 1. Because the end of such temptations is sin, and the misery that followes upon sin.
Reas. 2. Temptations are so many, so subtle, and so powerful, that unless with great care we take heed to our selves, it cannot be, but they lead us into sin.
Reas. 2. Temptations are so many, so subtile, and so powerfull, that unless with great care we take heed to our selves, it cannot be, but they lead us into sin.