A25294:973
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 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.
Reas. 3. Because this Law is the rule of spiritual life, and so ought to pierce even to our spirits themselves.
Reas. 3. Because this Law is the rule of spiritual life, and so ought to peirce even to our spirits themselves.