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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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[…] ▪ […]. Because the conjunction and presence […] this good, is •ost intimate and inward to our […] ▪ for it doth not only tickle the senses, whether external, or internal; but it also seizes upon and possesses the soul it self, and spirit of our mind. Hence it is also, that in Scripture, Ps. 103. not only the soul, but all that is in a faithful man, is said to […] in God. In this respect, there is as much difference between this spiritual joy, and that worldly gladness that arises from other things, as is between the small besprinkling of the earth, with the Morning or Evening dew, and the through wetting of it with a plentiful and seasonable rain.
〈…〉 ▪ 〈…〉. Because the conjunction and presence 〈…〉 this good, is •ost intimate and inward to our 〈…〉 ▪ for it doth not onely tickle the senses, whether external, or internal; but it also seizes upon and possesses the soul it self, and spirit of our mind. Hence it is also, that in Scripture, Ps. 103. not onely the soul, but all that is in a faithfull man, is said to 〈…〉 in God. In this respect, there is as much difference between this spiritual joy, and that worldly gladness that arises from other things, as is between the small besprinkling of the earth, with the Morning or Evening dew, and the through wet•ing of it with a plentifull and seasonable rain.
Reas. 3. Because all other worldly joys are ding, temporary and but for a moment; and do often end in mourning and sorrow: Whereas, that spiritual joy endureth to eternity, as doth the good, from whose possession it ariseth: In this regard also, there is as much difference between this spiritual joy and gladness, and that of this world, as is between the flame of straw, or of thorns burning under a Pot, and the light of the Sun it self.