A25294:167
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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It followeth from the Text, because no such creature is above the Law.
Reason 1. Because no external thing, that is a mere creature, hath in it self that worth, that it can be a compensation for sin to Gods justice and truth, and so a price of redemption from death, Mat. 16. 26. Yea, not all the world. For that is it that i• hinted, 1 Pet. 1. 18. where all corruptible things, amongst the best whereof are gold and silver and the like, are determined to be below the redeeming of man.
Reason 1. Because no external thing, that is a meer creature, hath in it self that worth, that it can be a compensation for sin to Gods justice and truth, and so a price of redemption from death, Mat. 16. 26. Yea, not all the world. For that is it that i• hinted, 1 Pet. 1. 18. where all corruptible things, amongst the best whereof are gold and silver and the like, are determined to be below the redeeming of man.
Reas. 2. Because whatsoever any mere creature, whether man or Angel, can do, owes all that for its self, and on its own behalf.
Reas. 2. Because whatsoever any meer creature, whether man or Angell, can do, ows all that for its self, and on its own behalf.