A25291:448
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.
4. That guiltiness is not the form of Sin, but an affection, or a consequent adjunct, partly separable, partly inseparable.
4. That guiltinesse is not the forme of Sinne, but an affection, or a consequent adjunct, partly separable, partly inseparable.
5. Now it follows Sin, partly by virtue of the Law of God adjudging punishment to Sins, in which respect it hath some good in it, and is of God: and in this respect, God cannot separate that guiltiness from Sins. Yet as it flows from Sin, and is a worthiness and deserving of punishment, it doth also partake of the nature of it, and it is a vicious thing: and in this respect it cannot be separated from Sin. This double consideration of guiltiness is intimated, Romans 1. 32. Knowing the Law of God, that they that do such things are worthy of death.
5. Now it followes Sinne, partly by vertue of the Law of God adjudging punishment to Sinnes, in which respect it hath some good in it, and is of God: and in this respect, God cannot separate that guiltinesse from Sinnes. Yet as it flowes from Sinne, and is a worthinesse and deserving of punishment, it doth also partake of the nature of it, and it is a vitious thing: and in this respect it cannot be separated from Sinne. This double consideration of guiltinesse is intimated, Romans 1. 32. Knowing the Law of God, that they that doe such things are worthy of death.
6. From this guiltiness there followeth a conscience altogether evil: namely accusing & condemning justly. And hence follows horror, and flying from the presence of God,