A25291:1058
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
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.
33. That which is manifest is when the number is greater, and the profession more free and more public.
33. That which is manifest is when the number is greater, and the profession more free and more publick.
34. That which is hidden is when the number is less, and profession less open: which is wont to come to pass by reason of heresies, persecutions, or profane manners abounding abroad.
34. That which is hidden is when the number is lesse, and profession lesse open: which is wont to come to passe by reason of heresies, persecutions, or prophane manners abounding abroad.
35. In the same respect also the Church is purer and impurer, as the profession is more or less perfect.
35. In the same respect also the Church is purer and impurer, as the profession is more or lesse perfect.