B00150:351
A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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Expos. 6. Blind devotion is not pleasing to God, Prou. 19. 2. Act. 17. 22, 23, 24. Joh. 4. 22. who requireth to be served with the mind, Mat. 22. 37. Luk. 10. 27. We must therefore know the will of God, appearing by his commandments, promises, threatenings, and the approved practise of the Saints, that we must desire and pray for, and only so as we know Gods word doth warrant us, 1. Joh. 5. 14. Our words, matter, and meaning in prayer, are meet to be understood.
Expos. 6. Blind deuotion is not pleasing to God, Prou. 19. 2. Act. 17. 22, 23, 24. Ioh. 4. 22. who requireth to be serued with the mind, Mat. 22. 37. Luk. 10. 27. We must therfore know the will of God, appearing by his commandements, promises, threatnings, and the approoued practise of the Saints, that we must desire and pray for, and onely so as we knowe Gods word doth warrant vs, 1. Ioh. 5. 14. Our words, matter, and meaning in praier, are meet to be vnderstood.