A25291:1707
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.
15. Hence the natural fruit of Hope is Joy, and delight in God, Heb. 3. 6. The hope whereof we rejoice. 1 Pet. 1. 3. 6. A lively hope, wherein ye rejoice. Because it doth respect the greatest good things not only as possible and probable; but also as certainly to come, and so doth make the possession of them in a certain manner to subsist, whilst it doth assure us of that which at length shall in very deed subsist. Ro. 8. 24. We are saveth by Hope.
15. Hence the naturall fruit of Hope is Ioy, and delight in God, Heb. 3. 6. The hope whereof we rejoyce. 1 Pet. 1. 3. 6. A lively hope, wherein yee rejoyce. Because it doth respect the greatest good things not only as possible and probable; but also as certainly to come, and so doth make the possession of them in a certaine manner to subsist, whilest it doth assure us of that which at length shall in very deed subsist. Ro. 8. 24. We are saveth by Hope.
16. The manner of this act depends upon that respect of the object, whereby it is said to be, to come, and promised. So that in its formal reason, it is not of those things which are seen. Romans 8. 24. Hope if it be seen, is not Hope; for why doth a man hope for that which he seeth?
16. The manner of this act depends upon that respect of the object, whereby it is said to be, to come, and promised. So that in its formall reason, it is not of those things which are seene. Romans 8. 24. Hope if it be seene, is not Hope; for why doth a man hope for that which hee seeth?