A25291:1769
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.
1. From these virtues of Religion towards God, Faith, Hope, and Charity, there ariseth a double act of Religion which respects that spiritual communion which is exercised between God and us: Hearing of the word, and Prayer.
1. FRom these vertues of Religiō towards God, Faith, Hope, and Charity, there ariseth a double act of Religion which respects that spirituall communion which is exercised betweene God and us: Hearing of the word, and Prayer.
2. The reason or foundation of this distribution is in this, that we do affect God with religious worship, when we yield him due honour, whether this be by receiving that which he him self propounds to us, or by offering that which may be received by him according to his perfection; for in both respects we do that which is immediately, and directly honourable to God.
2. The reason or foundation of this distribution is in this, that we doe affect God with religious worship, when we yeild him due honour, whether this be by receiving that which he him selfe propounds to us, or by offering that which may be received by him according to his perfection; for in both respects we doe that which is immediatly, and directly honorable to God.
3. The first act of Religion therefore is about those things which are communicated to us from God: and the other is about those things which are yielded to God from us.
3. The first act of Religion therefore is about those things which are communicated to us from God: and the other is about those things which are yeilded to God from us.