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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
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.
Reas. 1. Because ou• sins from which we ought to be justified, are done against the majesty of God, 1▪ Sam▪ 2. 25. And none can forgive an offence done against another, or an injury done to another, in a proper way of speaking.
Reas. 2. Because the guilt of sin depends on the obligation of the Law, and of divine justice and truth: And therefore cannot be taken away but by him that is above the Law, and knows what is agreeable to his own truth and meaning, in the first making of it.
Reas. 2. Because the guiit of sin depends on the obligation of the Law, and of divine justice and truth: And therefore cannot be taken away but by him that is above the Law, and knowes what is agreeable to his own truth and meaning, in the first making of it.
Reas. 3. Because by justification we are received into the favour of God, and life eternal, and God himself (in some sort) is given unto us: all which can no otherwise be done, but by God himself alone.