A25291:1734
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.
6. The love of Charity is of Union, well-pleasednesse, and good will: for those are as it were the parts of Charity, and they are always contained in it, if it be true, namely desire of Union, well-pleasednesse of enjoying, and affection of good will.
6. The love of Charity is of Union, well-pleasednesse, and good will: for those are as it were the parts of Charity, and they are alwayes contained in it, if it be true, namely desire of Union, wel-pleasednesse of enjoying, and affection of good will.
7. Love of Union is that affection, whereby we would be joined together with GOD. 2 Corinthians 5-8. It is our desire to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
7. Love of Union is that affection, whereby we would be joyned together with GOD. 2 Corinthians 5-8. It is our desire to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
8. There is also love of Union, in GOD towards us. Eph. 2. 4. 13. He loved us with much love. You who were far off, are made near. But his love is out of the abundance of goodness, because he expects no profit out of us: for we are unprofitable servants to GOD. Luc. 17. 10. John. 22. 2. 23. But our love ⟨p. 266⟩