A25294:468
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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Secondly, The evil of punishment is against the will of the sufferer, conditionally; to wit, if by no other means the sufferer can attain to his wished end; but it is not always against his will absolutely. The first had place in Christ, because these passions were against the inclinations of nature, since otherwise they had brought him no pain; and they were also against his conditional will, as appears by ⟨p. 108⟩these words; Father, if it be possible, let this cup pas• from me: But they were not against his deliberate, determinate, and absolute will. The reason is, because he suffered all out of obedience to the Father, and of love to us, and our salvation.
Secondly, The evill of punishment is against the will of the sufferer, conditionally; to wit, if by no other means the sufferer can attain to his wished end; but it is not alwayes against his will absolutely. The first had place in Christ, because these passions were against the inclinations of nature, since otherwise they had brought him no pain; and they were also against his conditional will, as appears by ⟨p. 108⟩these words; Father, if it be possible, let this cup pas• from me: But they were not against his deliberate, determinate, and absolute will. The reason is, because he suffered all out of obedience to the Father, and of love to us, and our salvation.
Use •. Of Instruction, how we may from this ground arm our minds against those tentations, that use to come by occasion of Christ's sufferings. For in this respect Christ was a stumbling stone unto the Jews, and foolishness unto the Grecians. But if we will well weigh with our selves, that Christ suffered all these things not out of coaction, or any necessity, or any external violence, but from the obedience of love towards mankind, and that he might give us a most perfect pattern of obedience in his own person: We shall be so far from finding any stumbling block, or foolishness in these sufferings, that on the contrary, nothing could be found that was, or is more suitable to the Saviour of the world.