A25294:968
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reas. 2. Because he requires nothing from us, the observance whereof he did not deserve at […] ⟨p. 212⟩hands before, as well by spiritual benefits and blessings, as temporal and bodily, in regard whereof, out of thankfulness we owe him all obedience, as is plain in the Text; I brought thee out of the Land, &c.
Reas. 2. Because he requires nothing from us, the observance whereof he did not deserve at 〈…〉 ⟨p. 212⟩hands before, as well by spiritual benefits and blessings, as temporal and bodily, in regard whereof, out of thankfulness we owe him all obedience, as is plain in the Text; I brought thee out of the Land, &c.
Reas. 3. Because God is ready to reward our obedience most abundantly in every point.
Use, Of Direction, that by often meditation of the manifold obligations, whereby we are bound to perform our obedience to God, we may more and more stir up our minds to a care of observing him in all things.
Use, Of Direction, that by often meditation of the manifold obligations, whereby we are bound to performe our obedience to God, we may more and more stir up our mindes to a care of observing him in all things.