A25291:1824
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.
11. But this representation is done first and essentially in the will it self, as it being converted to God, doth as it were by an act stretched forth, represent unto him its inclination and desire.
11. But this representation is done first and essentially in the will it selfe, as it being converted to God, doth as it were by an act stretched forth, represent unto him its inclination and desire.
12. Hence the Prayers of the godly are called in the Scriptures desires, Psal. 10. 17. And unspeakable groans Rom. 8. 26.
12. Hence the Prayers of the godly are called in the Scriptures desires, Psal. 10. 17. And unspeakeable groanes Rom. 8. 26.
13. In the second place and by way of sign; this representation is made in the understanding, as it conceiving an inward word, doth express the affections of the will before God.
13. In the second place and by way of signe; this representation is made in the understanding, as it conceiving an inward word, doth expresse the affections of the will before God.