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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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The eighteenth Lords day.
Mark 16. 19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Here is explicated a singular act of Christ, after his resurrection: Where mark, 1. The motion, wherein the act is designed. And 2. The thing brought to pass by that motion. The motion is but the means: The thing done by the motion, was its end. The motion was as it were the way: and the thing done by it, the end of that way, and the rest and perfection, that was to be attained by it. This motion was Christ's ascending into Heaven: The thing brought to pass by it, was Christ's sitting down at the right hand of God. The motion then is described from the term to which it was made, which was heaven; But the term from which it was, is also understood, which was the earth. The thing done by this motion, is also explained by its adjuncts; to wit, Christ's glory and power, and his quiet and settled possession of these; all which are metaphorically signified in these words; He sate down on the right hand of God. For the placing on God's right hand, signifies a communication of divine glory and power; and sitting on his right hand, denotates the quiet and settled possession of this glory and power.
HEre is explicated a singular act of Christ, after his resurrection: Where mark, 1. The motion, wherein the act is designed. And 2. The thing brought to pass by that motion. The motion is but the means: The thing done by the motion, was its end. The motion was as it were the way: and the thing done by it, the end of that way, and the rest and perfection, that was to be attained by it. This motion was Christ's ascending into Heaven: The thing brought to pass by it, was Christ's sitting down at the right hand of God. The motion then is described from the terme to which it was made, which was heaven; But the terme from which it was, is also understood, which was the earth. The thing done by this motion, is also explained by its adjuncts; to wit, Christ's glory and power, and his quiet and setled possession of these; all which are metaphorically signified in these words; He sate down on the right hand of God. For the placing on God's right hand, signifies a communication of divine glory and power; and sitting on his right hand, denotates the quiet and setled possession of this glory and power.