A25291:1498
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.
27. The chief end is Gods glory; for we tend unto him by obedience, upon whom we lean by Faith: otherwise obedience should not flow from Faith. Seeing also that Faith is our life, as it doth join us to God in Christ, it is necessary that the actions of the same Faith, which are contained in the obedience, should be carried also to God, that is, to his Glory.
27. The chiefe end is Gods glory; for we tend unto him by obedience, upon whom we leane by Faith: otherwise obedience should not flow from Faith. Seeing also that Faith is our life, as it doth joyne us to God in Christ, it is necessary that the actions of the same Faith, which are contained in the obedience, should bee caried also to God, that is, to his Glory.
28. The less principal end is our own salvation and blessedness. Rom. 6. 22. Being made servants to God, ye have your fruit in holiness, and the end eternal life. Heb. 1. 2. 2. For the joy that was set before him he endured the Cross.
28. The lesse principall end is our own salvation and blessednesse. Rom. 6. 22. Being made servants to God, yee have your fruit in holinesse, and the end eternall life. Heb. 1. 2. 2. For the joy that was set before him he endured the Crosse.
29. For although that obedience which performed only for fear of punishment or expectation of reward, is rightly called mercenary: yet that any should be secondarily stirred up to do his duty, by looking on the reward, or for fear of punishment also, this is not strange from the Sons of God, neither doth it in any part weaken their solid obedience.