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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 2. Of Direction, that in seeking union and communion with God, wherein our whole happiness doth consist, we wholly adhere to Christ above; because there alone we have the certain and manifest foundation of this union between God and men, so that in this very respect Christ may no less truly be called the way, than the truth, and the life; because as he hath the truest and highest union of man with God; so is he the way because of this union, whereby we may come to the beatifical union, which is our eternal life.
Use 2. Of Direction, that in seeking union and communion with God, wherein our whole happinesse doth consist, we wholly adheere to Christ above; because there alone we have the certain and manifest foundation of this union between God and men, so that in this very respect Christ may no lesse truly be called the way, than the truth, and the life; because as he hath the truest and highest union of man with God; so is he the way because of this union, whereby we may come to the beatifical union, which is our eternal life.
Doct. 3. This of the divine and humane nature in Christ, is a mystery most divine.
Doct. 3. This of the divine and humane nature in Christ, is a mysterie most divine.
It is called a mystery, 1. As it contains in it self that divine wisdom of highest and rarest price, or that treasure of wisdom, 1 Cor. 2. 6, 7. 2 Cor. 4. v. 7. 2. Because this wisdom is a thing hidden and remote, not only from humane sense, but also from our understanding and comprehension.