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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Doct. 4. All the glory that can be given by a creature to God, is due unto him •y reason of his only creating and sustaining of all things.
Doct. 4. All the glory that can be given by a creature to God, is due unto him •y reason of his onely creating and •ustaining of all things.
It is out of the Text; Thou art worthy, &c. Where this glory is expounded by three words, which design one and the same thing, though in a diverse manner, because no one word can be found, which can sufficiently mark out the duty of a creature to God its Creator.
It is out of the Text; Thou art worthy, &c. Where this glory is expounded by three words, which designe one and the same thing, though in a diverse manner, because no one word can be found, which can sufficiently mark out the duty of a creature to God its Creator.
R•as. 1. The reason in general is, Because the greatest perfection of all divine power appears in the work of Creation, and such things as therefrom depend. Now by how much the more the power of the cause appears in the effect; by so much the more praise and glory is due to the efficient cause. The• First, Gods goodness appears, for whose sake chiefly he is ever to be glorified; because what ever good is in the creature, all this is derived from Gods goodness; and it is nothing else as it were, but a certain slender scent, that is breathed from the infinite goodness of God, and flows from it. This is some way pointed at in these words; God saw all that […] made, and they were very good.