A25294:919
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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Use 1. Of Reproof. of such as will be thought, and think themselves perhaps true believers and regenerate, when yet in their whole conversation scarce any thing can be marked, which is not common to them, and unregenerate persons.
Use 2. Of Comfort, for the godly, that lead a life worthy of Christian profession, but are sometimes from infirmity troubled, because most with whom they live, or have to do, become strange to them; and make it plain that they are offended some way with the strictness of their conversation; which offence ariseth properly from this unlikeness of conversation, whereby the corrupt walking of others according to the fashions of the world, are tacitly reproved, Ephes. 5. Now this unlikeness ought to be our greatest comfort, as it is a sign of our regeneration.
Use 2. Of Comfort, for the godly, that lead a life worthy of Christian profession, but are sometimes from infirmity troubled, because most with whom they live, or have to do, become strange to them; and make it plain that they are offended some way with the strictnesse of their conversation; which offence ariseth properly from this unlikenesse of conversation, whereby the corrupt walking of others according to the fashions of the world, are tacitly reproved, Ephes. 5. Now this unlikenesse ought to be our greatest comfort, as it is a sign of our regeration.
Use 3. Of Exhortation, that by change of our life and conversation, we may more and more study to show unto others, and confirm unto our selves this ⟨p. 204⟩grace of our regeneration, whereunto we are called in Christ.