A25294:701
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.
This is it, which is said in the beginning of the Text; We behave our selves as Burgesses, or Citizens of Heaven.
Reas. 1. Because where our treasure, or chief good is, there will our hearts be also; and where the cart is, there will the whole man be. if therefore ⟨p. 133⟩we have our treasure and chief good in Heaven, our heart will be in Heaven also; and our conversation will be heavenly.
Reas. 1. Because where our treasure, or chief good is, there will our hearts be also; and where the •cart is, there will the whole man be. if therefore ⟨p. 133⟩we have our treasure and chief good in Heaven, our heart will be in Heaven also; and our conversation will be heavenly.
Reas. 2. Because all these worldly things, whereabout men are busied, and most are drowned in, can never come in competition with the bliss of Heaven, neither as to their worth, nor as to their durance, nor by any love-worthy quality.
Reas. 2. Because all these worldly things, whereabout men are busied, and most are drowned in, can never come in competition with the blisse of Heaven, neither as to their worth, nor as to their durance, nor by any love-worthy quality.