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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. 1. Because Christ is one and the self same God with the Father; and God is the Lord of all that he made, as well in the order of grace, as of nature; so also Christ is Lord of them all by right of creation; for by him all things were made, and by right of sustentation, because he sustains all that he made, with his mighty hand, Heb. 1. 3.
Reas. 2. Christ he is Mediator, is Lord of the Church by right of Redemption. For he that redeemed the whole, bought the whole man to himself; therefore he hath him in whole & in part in his power, and that by a debt of justice; whereunto also accrues another debt of thankfulness: Whence it comes to pass, that a redeemed one wholly yields and gives up himself to his Redeemer.
Reas. 2. Christ he is Mediator, is Lord of the Church by right of Redemption. For he that redeemed the whole, bought the whole man to himself; therefore he hath him in whole & in part in his power, and that by a debt of justice; whereunto also accrues another debt of thankfulness: Whence it comes to pass, that a redeemed one wholly yeilds and gives up himself to his Redeemer.
Reas. 3. As Christ is considered, as the party to whom we subject our selves, and oblige our truth and fidelity to him by a most holy Sacrament, oath or vow sealed sole•ly with an outward badge or confession; so he is our Lord by right▪ of contract or bargain, of Covenant, of our religious assurance or truth giving, & of our promise. And for these two last reasons, more peculiarly and specially he is every where in the New Testament called our Lord, even when he is together named with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, viz. because he alone is thus our Lord in our nature, he is only our Lord, who thus only redeemed us. Lastly, we in special manner choose him to be our Lord, in our calling to Faith, by our answer of a good conscience, as Peter calls it; whence it is also,