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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. 2. Because great is the deceit of mans heart, whereby men use to deceive themselves, while they think that all is right, although it be nothing so. It is needful therefore, that we diligently examine our own hearts, least we be deceived with a false faith, and rest in a fancy and vain imagination instead thereof.
Reas. 2. Because great is the deceit of mans heart, whereby men use to deceive themselves, while they think that all is right, although it be nothing so. It is needfull therefore, that we diligently examine our owne hearts, least we be deceived with a false faith, and rest in a phancie and vain imagination instead thereof.
Reas. 3. Because it is not enough to our comfort, that we be sometimes well disposed to partake ⟨p. 193⟩of these good blessings of God, unless we also discern this disposition to be in us. For our comfort dependeth not only on the presence, or having of grace; but also on our inward feeling, and perceiving that we have it: Which perceiving that we may attain to, it is needful that we seriously examine our selves, and know what is in us.
Reas. 3. Because it is not enough to our comfort, that we be sometimes well disposed to partake ⟨p. 193⟩of these good blessings of God, unless we also discerne this disposition to be in us. For our comfort dependeth not onely on the presence, or having of grace; but also on our inward feeling, and perceiving that we have it: Which perceiving that we may attain to, it is needfull that we seriously examine our selves, and know what is in us.