A25294:1485
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.
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Reas▪ 3▪ From him depends the issue of the temptation it self, together with its effects, which follow on it, either of their own nature, or by accident.
Reas▪ 3▪ From him depends the issue of the temptation it self, together with its effects, which follow on it, either of their owne nature, or by accident.
Use Of Comfort, because from hence we may have comfort against all temptations, that we be never fully led into them, as 1 Cor. 10. 13. No other temptation hath overtaken you, but as useth to befall men; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Use Of Comfort, because from hence we may have comfort against all temptations, that we be never fully led into them, as 1 Cor. 10. 13. No other temptation hath overtaken you, but as useth to befall men; but God is faithfull, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Use 2. Of Exhortation to thanksgiving, that we are not led unto this and that temptation; because this should not be attributed to our own strength and wisdom, but to the grace of God.