A25291:1283
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.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Of Ecclesiastical Discipline. An adjunct of the Word and Sacraments is Discipline: which in respect of the sum of the matter hath been always one, and so may fitly be handled in this one place.
Of Ecclesiasticall Discipline. An adjunct of the Word and Sacraments is Discipline: which in respect of the summe of the matter hath beene alwayes one, and so may fitly be handled in this one place.
1. Holy Discipline is a personal application of the Will of God by censures, either for the preventing, or taking away of scandals out of the Church of God.
1. HOly Discipline is a personall application of the Will of God by censures, either for the preventing, or taking away of scandals out of the Church of God.
2. For in the preaching of the Word, the Will of God is propounded and really applied to beget and increase Faith and obedience. In the administration of the Sacraments, the Will of God is also personally applied by the seals, to confirm Faith and obedience. In the exercise of Discipline, the Will of God is personally also applied in the censures for the removing of those vices, which are contrary to Faith and Obedience.