A25294:1518
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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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.
Reas. 2 Because every natural and kindly motion growes 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.
Reas. 3 Because our affection in the end of prayer ought then to act from the doubled and recollected force and power of all the affections going before.
Reas. 4▪ Because by this means in a sort we redouble our whole prayer, while first we propose all our petitions one by one in order, with their own measure of desire and affection; and thereafter press vehemently and earnestly for them all together, that they may all be granted us, and so according to our earnestness, •est as confident that they will.
Reas. 4▪ Because by this meanes in a sort we redouble our whole prayer, while first we propose all our petitions one by one in order, with their own measure of desire and affection; and thereafter press vehemently and earnestly for them all together, that they may all be granted us, and so according to our earnestnesse, •est as confident that they will.