A25294:905
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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Doct. 3. This power is properly exercised in binding and loosing, or in shutting and opening; that is, in retaining, or remitting of sins.
Reas. 1. Because the whole consolation and edification of the Church chiefly consists in the remission ⟨p. 200⟩of sins given and granted unto believers, which is also set out and illustrated by retaining of sins, or denial of remission, which is denounced to unbelievers in the Church.
Reas▪ 2. Because all other duties that belong unto the Ministry depend on these, and may conveniently be reduced into them, either as means, effects, adjuncts, and the like.
Reas▪ 2. Because all other duties that belong unto the Ministry depend on these, and may conveniently be reduced into them, either as meanes, effects, adjuncts, and the like.