A25294:923
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. 1. Because the Doctrine of the Gospel teacheth us to deny all ungodliness, and worldliness, and to live holily, […]. 2. 12.
Reas. 1. Because the Doctrine of the Gospell teacheth us to deny all ungodlinesse, and worldlinesse, and to live holily, 〈…〉. 2. 12.
Reas. 2. Because the mighty and powerful operation of the Holy Spirit is present with the preaching of the Gospel, for producing this change in man; for which cause it is called the Ministry of the Spirit, and the Law of the Spirit of life, and the Arm of God.
Reas. 2. Because the mighty and powerfull operation of the Holy Spirit is present with the preaching of the Gospell, for producing this change in man; for which cause it is called the Ministry of the Spirit, and the Law of the Spirit of life, and the Arme of God.
Reas. 3. Because the proper power of faith is to cleanse the hearts of those that it is in, Act 5. 9. and to make us from our hearts to hearken to the Doctrine unto which we were delivered, Rm 6. 17.