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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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Doct. 3. All that is made known to us in Scriptures concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, to be done, ought most of all to be done by us, as bringing salvation to our souls.
Doct. 3. All that is made known to us in Scriptures concerning our Lord Iesus Christ, to be done, ought most of all to be done by us, as bringing salvation to our souls.
For in this sense it is said in the Text not simply that Jesus saves us, but that the name of Jesus Christ doth it; that is Jesus Christ, as he is proposed to us in Scriptures to be apprehended by Faith.
For in this sense it is said in the Text not simply that Iesus saves us, but that the name of Jesus Christ doth it; that is Jesus Christ, as he is proposed to us in Scriptures to be apprehended by Faith.
Reas. 1. Because such is the nature of our Faith, as it differs from sight, which we are to have in the life to come, that it is not carried simply and absolutely to Christ, but only as he is proposed to us in Gods Promises.
Reas. 1. Because such is the nature of our Faith, as it differs from sight, which we are to have in the life to come, that it is not carried simply and absolutely to Christ, but onely as he is proposed to us in Gods Promises.