A25294:563
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.
For in this sense it is, that he is said to sit on the right hand of God.
Reas. 1. Because he hath overcome all his enemies virtually; and shall actually in his own appointed time subdue them all fully, and bring them under the yoke.
Reas. 1. Because he hath overcome all his enemies virtually; and shall actually in his own appointed time subdue them all fully, and bring them under the yoak.
Reas. 2. Because there is nothing on earth, or under the earth, can in the least trouble or molest this his possession.
Reas. 3. Because this state and condition of Christ is not only immortal and free from all change by virtue of Covenant and divine Promise, but also of its own nature, being now accomplished according to free Covenant; and such will the happiness of the least Saint be.
Reas. 3. Because this state and condition of Christ is not onely immortal and free from all change by vertue of Covenant and divine Promise, but also of its own nature, being now accomplished according to free Covenant; and such will the happiness of the least Saint be.