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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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Reas. 2. Our Faith is here in like manner directed towards all, as the same in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Reas. 3. All things that belong to the divine essence, are such, as can neither be multiplied, nor divided, nor admit of variety of degrees, for their immensity and perfection. If therefore at all they agree to the Son and Holy Ghost, as that they do is apparent from what hath been said; it must needs be that they agree to them identically, that is, in the greatest equality they are one and the same.
Reas. 3. All things that belong to the divine essence, are such, as can neither be multiplied, nor divided, nor admit of variety of degrees, for their immensity and perfection. If therefore at all they agree to the Son and Holy Ghost, as that they do is apparent from what hath been said; it must needs be that they agree to them idemtically, that is, in the greatest equality they are one and the same.
Use, Of Direction, That in exercises of our Faith, Hope, Charity, and in all parts and appurtenances of religious worship, and the practise of godliness, we lift up our minds as much as can be, not only to the name of God in common, but distinctly, to the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as equally in all our addresses to be honoured and celebrated.
Use, Of Direction, That in exercises of our Faith, Hope, Charity, and in all parts and appurtenances of religious worship, and the practise of godliness, we lift up our mindes as much as can be, not onely to the name of God in common, but distinctly, to the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as equally in all our addresses to be honoured and celebrated.