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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.
By godliness we mean true religion towards God, and a mind wholly given to the true worship of God.
By godlinesse we meane true religion towards God, and a minde wholly given to the true worship of God.
Reason 1. Because it hath the noblest object, that is, God himself.
Reason 1. Because it hath the noblest object, that is, God himselfe.
2. Because it doth most of all perfect all other virtues, whiles it refers them and all their acts to a divine beginning, and a divine end. For godliness subjects the mind to God in all things, so that it acknowledgeth God to be the author of all good, from whom every good and perfect gift cometh, and makes him the chiefest good and the last end to whom all our actions are to be directed.
2. Because it doth most of all perfect all other vertues, whiles it refers them and all their acts to a divine beginning, and a divine end. For godlinesse subjects the minde to God in all things, so that it acknowledgeth God to be the author of all good, from whom every good and perfect gift commeth, and makes him the chiefest good and the last end to whom all our actions are to be directed.