A25294:306
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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. 1. God […] a sure providence, whereby he takes care for al• things▪ and directs them to his own glory.
Doct. 1. God 〈…〉 a sure providence, whereby he takes care for al• things▪ and directs them to his own glory.
It is […] from the Text, in as much as all things by him, and for him are […] […] directed.
It is 〈…〉 from the Text, in as much as all things by him, and for him are 〈…〉 〈…〉 directed.
[…]. 1. Because God is the […] of things from ⟨p. 73⟩reason and wisdom of the greatest excellency, […] from any necessity of his nature, nor yet from […] casualty or coaction. And in such a cause, there is alway a regard had to the end, and an efficacious willing of it, together with an ordering of the means for attaining of that end accordingly.
〈…〉. 1. Because God is the 〈…〉 of things from ⟨p. 73⟩reason and wisdome of the greatest excellency, from any necessity of his nature, nor yet from caualtie or coaction. And in such a cause, there is alway a regard had to the end, and an efficacions willing of it, together with an ordering of the means for attaining of that end accordingly.