A25291:1611
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.
7. It hath the first place in observance, 1. Because obedience towards God must necessarily begin, from God himself, and from those affections, and acts whereby we are carried towards him. 2 Cor. 8. 5. They gave themselves first to the Lord, and then to us by the Will of God. 2. Because Righteousness towards men, must be performed by force and virtue of Religion, that it may be true obedience towards God, for it would not be obedience towards God, unless it did bring honour to God: neither could it bring honour to God, unless it should proceed from a religious affection. 1 Cor. 10. 31. Do all to the glory of God: whereunto that phrase also belongeth. In the Lord, in the Name of the Lord. Col. 3. 17. And as to the Lord, and not to men. There Verse 23. 3. Because Religion hath command over the acts of Justice, and is the cause of them not only virtually effecting, but also directing and ordering. James 1. 26. If any seem to be religious among you, not refraining his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this mans religion is vain. 4. Because religion is in a certain manner the end of all the acts of Justice, as far forth as they dispose to the act of religion, as a certain greater thing.
7. It hath the first place in observance, 1. Because obedience towards God must necessarily begin, from God himselfe, and from those affections, and acts whereby we are caried towards him. 2 Cor. 8. 5. They gave themselves first to the Lord, and then to us by the Will of God. 2. Because Righteousnesse towards men, must be performed by force and vertue of Religion, that it may be true obedience towards God, for it would not be obedience towards God, unlesse it did bring honour to God: neither could it bring honour to God, unlesse it should proceed from a religious affection. 1 Cor. 10. 31. Doe all to the glory of God: whereunto that phrase also belongeth. In the Lord, in the Name of the Lord.