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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. Because our bodies are made liable to sin, and by sin to death, from which we must be freed by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, Rom. 8. 11.
Use 1. Of Admonition, that we suffer not sin to reign in our natural bodies; that we offer not our members weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but weapons of righteousness to God, Rom. 6. 12, 13.
Use 1. Of Admonition, that we suffer not sin to reigne in our natural bodies; that we offer not our members weapons of unrighteousnesse to sin, but weapons of righteousnesse to God, Rom. 6. 12, 13.
Use 2. Of Exhortation, that we glorify God in our body, as it follows in the Text, verse 20. For we ought to have that care of our body in order to things spiritual, that is due to the Temple of God, as in the Text; and to an offering to be offered up in the Temple of God, Rom. 12. 1.
Use 2. Of Exhortation, that we glorify God in our body, as it followes in the Text, verse 20. For we ought to have that care of our body in order to things spiritual, that is due to the Temple of God, as in the Text; and to an offering to be offered up in the Temple of God, Rom. 12. 1.