A25294:972
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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That is, as well inward as outward; of the heart, as of the mouth, and hand or work: Thou shalt have no other, &c. Make not unto •hy self &c. Are forms of speaking, whereby formally such an universal obedience is required.
That is, as well inward as outward; of the heart, as of the mouth, and hand or worke: Thou shalt have no other, &c. Make not unto •hy self &c. Are formes of speaking, whereby formally such an universal obedience is required.
Reas. 1. Because God the giver of this Law, ought to be glorified with obedience of the whole man, as well of soul as of body, and of both these parts of man.
Reas. 1. Because God the giver of this Law, ought to be glorified with obedience of the whole man, as well of soule as of body, and of both these parts of man.
Reas. 2. Because this is the excellent perfection of the Law of God, whereby it goes beyond all humane Laws, in that it subjects unto it self the heart, and the reins, and the most inward retirement of of men, as God himself alone, who is the author of this Law, knows what is in man.
Reas. 2. Because this is the excellent perfection of the Law of God, whereby it goes beyond all humane Lawes, in that it subjects unto it self the heart, and the reines, and the most inward retirement of of men, as God himself alone, who is the author of this Law, knowes what is in man.