A25294:1514
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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Use, Of Direction▪ for the right use of this divine attribute of eternity.
Doct. 4. While we pray, and especially towards the end of prayer, we ought to put forth our petitions with all earnestness of desire, and lively strength of faith, and of affections.
From the word Amen.
Reas. 1. Because as at the end our prayer is as it were come to its perfection, so we ought there to exercise the perfection of our faith, affection, conscience, and desire.
Reas. 2 Because every natural and kindly motion grows stronger and faster towards its end; otherwise if it be flashy in the beginning, and flag towards the end, it is a token it was forced, or framed upon some wrong ground, and will not prove durable and kindly unto the end.