A25291:1730
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.
2. It follows Faith and Hope in order of nature, as the effect follows its causes: for we therefore love God out of Charity, because by Faith and hope we taste in some measure how good God is, and his love shed abroad in our hearts. 1 John 4. 16. 19. We have known and believed the love which God hath towards us, we love him because he loved us first.
2. It followes Faith and Hope in order of nature, as the effect followes its causes: for we therefore love God out of Charity, because by Faith and hope we tast in some measure how good God is, and his love shed abroad in our hearts. 1 Iohn 4. 16. 19. We have knowen and believed the love which God hath towards us, we love him because he loved us first.
3. Therefore not love, but Faith is the first foundation of the spiritual building in man: not only because then the building begins, but also because it sustains, and contains all the parts of it as also it hath the nature of a root, as it doth confer power to fructify.
3. Therefore not love, but Faith is the first founda tion of the spirituall building in man: not onely because then the building begins, but also because it sustaines, and containes all the parts of it as also it hath the nature of a roote, as it doth confer power to fructifie.
4. A confuse and remote inclination towards God goeth before Faith (a certain shadow▪ whereof is found in a certain manner in all Creatures)