A25291:195
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. It is not therefore exercised about things which are altogether [Greek or Hebrew] impossible, and do imply a certain contradiction, either in God, or in the things created, 2. Tim. 2. 13. He cannot deny himself.
17. It is not therefore exercised about things which are altogether 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 impossible, and doe imply a certaine contradiction, either in God, or in the things created, 2. Tim. 2. 13. He cannot deny himselfe.
18. Hence a certain distinction ariseth of Divine Omnipotency, whereby it is distinguished into absolute power, and ordinate, or actual power.
18. Hence a certaine distinction ariseth of Divine Omnipotency, whereby it is distinguished into absolute power, and ordinate, or actuall power.
19. Absolute power is that whereby God is able to do all things possible, although they never shall be. Matth. 3. 9. God can of these stones raise up children unto Abraham, and 26. 53. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray my Father, and he shall presently give me more then twelve legions of Angels? Mark. 10. 27.