A25291:1453
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.
20. The last judgement is exercised by Christ as by a King: for the power of Judging is part of the office of a King.
20. The last judgement is exercised by Christ as by a King: for the power of Iudging is part of the office of a King.
21. In respect of the faithful it comes from grace, and is an office of the Kingdom of grace, essential to Christ the Mediator: but in respect of unbelievers, it is an office of power only and dominion, granted of the Father, belonging to some perfection of mediation, but not essential to it.
21. In respect of the faithfull it comes from grace, and is an office of the Kingdome of grace, essentiall to Christ the Mediator: but in respect of unbelievers, it is an office of power onely and dominion, granted of the Father, belonging to some perfection of mediation, but not essentiall to it.
22. Hence the sins of the faithful shall not come into judgement: for seeing that in this life they are covered and taken away by the sentence of Justification, and that last judgement shall be a confirmation and manifestation of that sentence, it would not be mere, that at that time they should again be brought to light.
22. Hence the sins of the faithfull shall not come into judgement: for seeing that in this life they are covered and taken away by the sentence of Iustification, and that last judgement shall be a co•firmation and manifestation of that sentence, it would not be meere, that at that time they should againe be brought to light.