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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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The thirty third Lords day.
Ephes. 4. 20, 21, 22. Verse 20 But ye have not so learned Christ: 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus. 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
Ephes. 4. 20, 21, 22. Verse 20 But ye have not so learned Christ: 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Iesus. 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts:
The Apostle is here taken up in that most weighty exhortation, whereby he began at the entry of this Chapter to stir up Christians to that conversation, which agreeth unto their calling unto Christianity. And this exhortation he began verse 17. to illustrate from a comparison of unlike things. And the parties that are compared, are Christians, and other people: The quality wherein they are compared, is their manner and way of living. The unlikeness in this quality, is either in the principles and causes of living, or in their effects. As to their principles, Heathens are said to have all their faculties corrupted; and as to the faith, all their actions and motions are deformed. On the contrary, all the faculties of a Christian are renewed, and the motions of them holy and honest. The reddition or second part of this comparison, which belongs to Christians, is contained in these five verses, wherein the unlike condition of Christians and unbelievers is explained: 1. From its external cause, which ⟨p. 202⟩