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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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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.
Use, Of Direction, that we may alway give God the glory in every good thing, that we either have, or seek, or look for; and always blame our selves for any evil that befalls us.
Use, Of Direction, that we may alway give God the glory in every good thing, that we either have, or seek, or look for; and alwayes blame our selves for any evill that befalls us.
Doct. 6. The blessing of the godly consists in the communion that they shall have with God in Christ; and the curse of the ungodly, in the separation of them from such communion:
This is plain in the words, come ye blessed, and go ye cursed.
This is plaine in the words, come ye blessed, and go ye cursed.
Reas. 1. Because this is the end, whereunto all the godly look; desiring nothing more, than still to approach nearer, and nearer unto God. The ungodly, on the contrary, shun nothing more than God, and such things wherein God hath appointed to show and impart his gracious and singular presence.