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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
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.
This is from the particle The, or That Son. The reason is, because Christ is the Son of God by nature, not by adoption, or creation. Christ is called the natural Son of God, not because in his first or proper nature he is the Son of God; for so the good Angels may be called the natural Sons of God, if they be compared with men, who now after the fall, are not thus the natural Sons of God, but only in their second nature and generation; that is, their regeneration and adoption: but Christ is the natural Son of God, because the Father begot him, not of free choice, or decree of wisdom and will going before, but of natural necessity, as light engenders light. Moreover Christ hath the same most single and singular nature with the Father; whereof there can be no resemblance found on earth, in any creature, but that which is unperfect. Therefore Christ is also called the only Son of God, and the only begotten. For though as to the general denomination, he hath many, whom he vouchsafes to call brothers; yet as to the special manner▪ and foundation of this filiation of his, he hath no brothers at all, or like unto himself, nor can he have any.
This is from the particle The, or That Son. The reason is, because Christ is the Son of God by nature, not by adoption, or creation. Christ is called the natural Son of God, not because in his first or proper nature he is the Son of God; for so the good Angells may be called the natural Sons of God, if they be compared with men, who now after the fall, are not thus the natural Sons of God, but onely in their second nature and generation; that is, their regeneration and adoption: but Christ is the natural Son of God, because the Father begot him, not of free choice, or decree of wisdome and will going before, but of natural necessity, as light engenders light. Moreover Christ hath the same most single and singular nature with the Father; wherof there can be no resemblance found on earth, in any creature, but that which is unperfect. Therefore Christ is also called the onely Son of God, and the onely begotten. For though as to the general denomination, he hath many, whom he vouchsafes to call brothers; yet as to the special manner▪ and foundation of this filiation of his, he hath no brothers at all, or like unto himself, nor can he have any.