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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 Of Direction, and that such, as upon another occasion the Apostle hath Eph. 6. 16. to wit, that above all things we be careful to acquire, keep, and increase true Faith.
Use Of Direction, and that such, as upon another occasion the Apostle hath Eph. 6. 16. to wit, that above all things we be carefull to acquire, keep, and increase true Faith.
Doct. 3. The adequate object of Faith, as it justifies, is Jesus Christ, as offered in the Gospel for righteousness and life; or the mercy of God in and through Jesus Christ thus offered.
Doct. 3. The adequate object of Faith, as it justifies, is Iesus Christ, as offered in the Gospell for righteousness and life; or the mercie of God in and through Iesus Christ thus offered.
It is evident in the Text. The explication is, that although with our understanding we ought to assent to all things that are contained in the word of God; and especially to those that are contained in the promises of the Gospel; yet the power of justifying us doth proceed from no other object, but from Christ alone: And so Faith, though it look at other objects also, yet it justifies not, nor absolves from guilt of sin and death, but as it looks at Christ alone, as offered us to that end.
It is evident in the Text. The explication is, that although with our understanding we ought to assent to all things that are contain'd in the word of God; and especially to those that are contained in the promises of the Gospel; yet the power of justifying us doth proceed from no other object, but from Christ alone: And so Faith, though it look at other objects also, yet it justifies not, nor absolves from guilt of sin and death, but as it looks at Christ alone, as offered us to that end.