B00150:460

A short treatise

Name: A short treatise
Author: John Ball

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..

John Ball 1585–1640London: printed for William Welby, 1617

[16], 234+ p. · 48k words · STC 1314.3 · ESTC S124283

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A Short Catechism, with an Exposition upon the same. › Q. May men content themselves to pray in private only, or only in…: Q. May men content themselves to pray in private only, or only in public?A Short Catechisme, with an Exposition vpon the same. › Q. May men content themselues to pray in priuate onely, or onely in…: Q. May men content themselues to pray in priuate onely, or onely in publike?

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.

[ Earlier:457–472 of 800

:457p. 140

Q. May men content themselves to pray in private only, or only in public?

Q. May men content themselues to pray in priuate onely, or onely in publike?

:458p. 140–141

A. No, but 4• they must ^uuse both ⟨p. 141⟩public and ^wprivate 46 prayer,

A. No, but 4• they must ^uvse both ⟨p. 141⟩publique and ^wpriuate 46 prayer,

uAct. 2. 42.
wLuk. 11. 1.

:459p. 141–142

Expos. 45. Public prayer, is that which is used in the public meetings and assemblies of Gods servants. This is a principal part of Gods worship,

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A short treatise

Q. May men content themselves to pray in private only, or only in public?

Q. May men content themselues to pray in priuate onely, or onely in publike?

Q. What other means hath the Lord appointed to increase faith?

Q. What other meanes hath the Lord appointed to increase faith?

Q. Who ought to administer the Sacraments?

Q. What is a Sacrament?

Q. In what words is this covenant expressed in Scripture?

Q. In what words is this couenant expressed in Scripture?

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Q. May men content themselves to pray in private only, or only in public?

Q. May men content themselues to pray in priuate onely, or onely in publike?

Q. What other means hath the Lord appointed to increase faith?

Q. What other meanes hath the Lord appointed to increase faith?

Q. Who ought to administer the Sacraments?

Q. What is a Sacrament?

Q. In what words is this covenant expressed in Scripture?

Q. In what words is this couenant expressed in Scripture?