A25291:1914
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.
2. But because these two manners are brought in upon such occasion, therefore they must not be usually frequented, but then only to be used where humane necessity requireth, and a weighty and just cause is in hand.
2. But because these two manners are brought in upon such occasion, therefore they must not be usually frequented, but then only to be used where humane necessity requireth, and a waighty and just cause is in hand.
3. An Oath is a requesting of Gods Testimony to confirm the truth of our testimony. Heb. 6. 13. 16. Men ⟨p. 291⟩swear by him who is the greater: and an Oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
3. An Oath is a requesting of Gods Testimony to confirme the truth of our testimony. Heb. 6. 13. 16. Men ⟨p. 291⟩sweare by him who is the greater: and an Oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
4. An Oath became necessary after the fall of man, because man by […] had lost both that credit which ought to be given to his simple testimony, and that also which he ought to have given to the testimony of others.