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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Lecture 35: The thirty fifth Lords days.Lecture 35: The thirty fifth Lords dayes.
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.
The thirty fifth Lords days.
The thirty fifth Lords dayes.
Exod. 20. 4, 5, 6. Verse 4. Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor worship them, nor serve them; for I the Lord am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exod. 20. 4, 5, 6. Verse 4. Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or the likenesse of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor worship them, nor serve them; for I the Lord am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
WE have here the second Command, and the sanctification of it. It concerns the means of worshipping God. It is expressed by Negation and Distribution of means, and description of the use, that is wont to be exercised about such means: The Distribution is taken from the places of the means, Heaven, Earth, Waters. The Description is from the Adjunct of Adoration, or bowing down to them. The Sanction consists in a threatening and promise, the nature and ratifying power whereof is expounded from the nature of God, I am Jehovah, thy strong God. This command is distinguished