A25291:1746
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.
17. Charity doth implicitly contain in it the keeping and fulfilling of all the Commandments of God▪ Rom. l 13. 10. 1 John 2▪ 5. and 3. 18. For he cannot truly love God who doth not study to please him in all things, and to be like him. 1 John 4. 17. Herein is our Charity made perfect—that as he is, such also are we.
17. Charity doth implicitly containe in it the keeping and fulfilling of all the Commandements of God▪ Rom. l 13. 10. 1 Iohn 2▪ 5. and 3. 18. For he cannot truly love God who doth not study to please him in all things, and to be like him. 1 Iohn 4. 17. Herein is our Charity made perfect—that as he is, such also are we.
18. The manner of our Charity towards God is that it be carried to him, as to that which is simply the highest good and end; so that neither God, nor the love of God is principally and lastly to be referred to any thing else: because such love should be mercenary. John 6. 26. Ye seek me, because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.
18. The manner of our Charity towards God is that it becaried to him, as to that which is simply the highest good and end; so that neither God, nor the love of God is principally and lastly to be referred to any thing else: because such love should be mercenary.