A25291:1525
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.
13. But as the rule of well-doing, so also the rule of virtue is the revealed will of God, which only hath the force of a certain rule in those things which pertain to the direction of life.
13. But as the rule of well-doing, so also the rule of vertue is the revealed will of God, which only hath the force of a certaine rule in those things which pertai• to the direction of life.
14. That is a Lesbian rule of virtue which Aristotle, puts to be the judgement of prudent men: for there are never such wise men, to whose judgement we may ⟨p. 220⟩[…] ⟨p. 221⟩[…] ⟨p. 222⟩[…] ⟨p. 223⟩[…] ⟨p. 224⟩[…] ⟨p. 225⟩[…] ⟨p. 226⟩always stand: neither if there were, they could not be always known or consulted with by those who exercise themselves in Virtue.
14. That is a Lesbian rule of vertue which Aristotle, puts to be the judgement of prudent men: for there are never such wise men, to whose judgement wee may ⟨p. 220⟩〈…〉