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An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustratedAn analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated
An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applied by their uses for a further progress in holiness / by ... William Ames ...An analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applyed by their uses for a further progresse in holinesse / by ... William Ames ...
London: printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by E.G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
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.
Doct. 9. God is the fountain and author of all grace.
Doct. 9. God is the fountaine and author of all grace.
For this title is given unto God in this place, because it is most agreeable to the petition for manifold grace. For Holy Men in their prayers day hold of that in God, and propose those titles of God unto themselves, which make most for the furtherance of those prayers which they make.
Reason 1. Because God hath in himself infinite riches of grace.
Reason 1. Because God hath in himselfe infinite riches of grace.
2 Because grace is not given but by grace, and not for any merit of our own.