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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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Reas. 3. In that we are said to have him, or to get him from God. Now the Holy Ghost is said to be given unto us, when he hath a singular relation unto us, and that for our good; that is, for our sanctification, & salvation of our souls; & moreover, because he powerfully works these things in us, that are agreeable to his most holy nature, and which can no way be derived to us from flesh and blood. And hence it is also, that the gifts of the Holy Ghost, are called the Holy Ghost also, by that trope or borrowed kind of speech, whereby the cause is put for the effect, which Scholars call a Metonymy.
Reas. 3. In that we are said to have him, or to get him from God. Now the Holy Ghost is said to be given unto us, when he hath a singular relation unto us, and that for our good; that is, for our sanctification, & salvation of our soules; & moreover, because he powerfully works these things in us, that are agreable to his most holy nature, and which can no way be derived to us from flesh and blood. And hence it is also, that the gifts of the Holy Ghost, are called the Holy Ghost also, by that trope or borrowed kinde of speech, whereby the cause is put for the effect, which Schollers call a Metonymie.
Use 1. Of Exhortation, as well to thanksgiving to God, that gives so divine a gift; as to religious prayers, and calling upon God's name, that he would keep unto us, and more and more communicate to us this divine gift, Luk 11. 13.
Use 2 Of Admonition, to take heed of all such things, whereby the Holy Spirit is said either to be grieved, or extinguished; that is, from the grievousness of all such sin, as fights against the holiness of this divine Spirit, so that he cannot delight to dwell in us, but wholly, or in great measure withdraws himself from us.
Use 2 Of Admonition, to take heed of all such things, whereby the Holy Spirit is said either to be grieved, or extinguished; that is, from the grievousness of all such sin, as fights against the holiness of this divine Spirit, so that he cannot delight to dwell in us, but wholly, or in great measure withdrawes himself from us.