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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.
Use 3. Is of Exhortation: 1. That we always flee to the Free-grace of God, as to the only garrison of our souls. 2. That from admiration of this grace of God, we always study to be thankful to God.
Use 3. Is of Exhortation: 1. That we alwayes flee to the Free-grace of God, as to the onely garrison of our souls. 2. That from admiration of this grace of God, we alwayes study to be thankfull to God.
Doct. 3. The obedience of Jesus Christ imputed unto us, or given us, and so accounted ours, justifies or makes us righte• and is the foundation of all our righteousness.
Doct. 3. The obedience of Iesus Christ imputed unto us, or given us, and so accounted ours, justifies or makes us righte• and is the foundation of all our righteousnesse.
It is in the Text, By the Redemption made by Jesus Christ. 1. For he that is justified by the Redemption […] other, as by paying a ransom: that price is conceived as it were to be paid for him who is redeemed. •. If Christ be the pacification in our justification, when we please God, as it is in the Text, then we please him for something, which Christ hath ⟨p. 159⟩performed for our good. 3. If Faith justifies, as it hath relation to Christ, and the shedding of his blood, then there is something in his blood thus shed, or in his obedience unto death, by virtue whereof we are justified.
It is in the Text, By the Redemption made by Iesus Christ. 1. For he that is justified by the Redemption other, as by paying a ransom: that price is conceived as it were to be paid for him who is redeemed. . If Christ be the pacification in our justification, when we please God, as it is in the Text, then we please him for something, which Christ hath