A25291:372
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.
22. This government is common or special.
22. This government is common or speciall.
23. Common is that whereby God doth govern all things in a like manner, unto this government belongeth, First, The Law of nature common to all things, which is a certain participation of the Law, and Will of God, put into all things from the beginning. Job 38. 12. Hast thou commanded the morning, and made known to the day-spring his place, &c. Secondly, a natural inclination, which is a principle of working according to that law, Job 5. 7. The sparks fly upward. Thirdly, a natural instinct: which is a peculiar stirring up of the living Creatures, to some more noble acts, with a certain show and print of reason. Pro. 6. 6. Go to the Pismire, O sluggard, behold her ways and be wise. And 30. 24. These four are small upon the Earth, but they are exceeding wise, the Ants, the Mice, the Locusts, the Spiders, Jerem. 8. 7. The stork, the Turtle, the Crane, and Swallow observe the times of their coming. Fourthly, A certain obediential power, whereby all Creatures are apt to obey the command of God. Psa. 103. 21. & 148. 8. Doing his pleasure, fulfilling his Word.
23. Common is that whereby God doth govern all things in a like manner, unto this government belongeth, First, The Law of nature common to all things, which is a certaine participation of the Law, and Will of God, put into all things from the beginning.