A25294:152
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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Doct. 2. The Law cannot deliver miserable men from their misery.
It is clear enough in the Text; and is grounded moreover on the following reasons;
Reas 1. Because the Law promiseth no good to miserable sinners, but only to just persons, and such as keep it.
Reas 1. Because the Law promiseth no good to miserable sinners, but onely to just persons, and such as keep it.
Reason 2. Because in it self, it hath no force of taking away sin, but only of punishing it.
Reason 2. Because in it self, it hath no force of taking away sin, but onely of punishing it.