A25291:1906
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.
93. Hence thanksgiving in it self is more perfect and more noble then petition: because in petition ofttimes our good is respected, but in giving of thanks Gods honour only.
93. Hence thanksgiving in it selfe is more perfect and more noble then petition: because in petition ofttimes our good is respected, but in giving of thanks Gods honour only.
94. Hence thanksgiving is more attributed to the Angels, and to the blessed Spirits in the Scriptures, then petition.
94. Hence thanksgiving is more attributed to the Angells, and to the blessed Spirits in the Scriptures, then petition.
95. By this act we are said not only to praise, and celebrate God, but also to extol, bless, magnify, and glorify him, and the like: all which are so to to be understood, that they seth forth only a declaration, not a real effecting of those things they make show of.
95. By this act we are said not only to praise, and celebrate God, but also to extoll, blesse, magnifie, and glorifie him, and the like: all which are so to to be understood, that they seth forth only a declaration, not a reall effecting of those things they make shew of.