A25291:1297
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.
11. And this is the true reason why the Discipline of Christ is solidly constituted and exercised together with doctrine in so few Churches, because most even of those who would seem to knew Christ, and to hope in him, do refuse to receive the whole Kingdom of Christ, and to yield themselves wholly to him.
11. And this is the true reason why the Discipline of Christ is solidly constituted and exercised together with doctrine in so few Churches, because most even of those who would seeme to knew Christ, and to hope in him, doe refuse to receive the whole Kingdome of Christ, and to yeeld themselves wholly to him.
12. But as it is a part of the Kingdom of Christ, so also it is by the same reason a part of the Gospel: for ⟨p. 190⟩it is an holy manner of promoting the Gospel ordained in the Gospel: They therefore who reject Discipline, do neither receive the whole Kingdom of Christ, nor the whole Gospel.
12. But as it is a part of the Kingdome of Christ, so also it is by the same reason a part of the Gospell: for ⟨p. 190⟩it is an holy manner of promoting the Gospell ordained in the Gospell: They therefore who reject Discipline, doe neither receive the whole Kingdome of Christ, nor the whole Gospell.
13. But because both every part of the Kingdom of Christ is necessary in its measure, and that chiefly which doth repress sin, effectually, therefore men do not safely enough content themselves, in Churches wanting Discipline, unless that public defect be made up by a private care, and watching one over another.