A25291:455
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.
11. It is called an evil because it is a privation of good. But it is not a privation of an honest good, as it is honest, as sin is: but its a privation of the good of happiness, in respect of the Sinner, who is punished.
11. It is called an evill because it is a privation of good. But it is not a privation of an honest good, as it is honest, as sin is: but its a privation of the good of happinesse, in respect of the Sinner, who is punished.
12. It is said to be an evil inflicted, not simply contracted, because it pertains to rewarding and revenging Justice.
12. It is said to be an evill inflicted, not simply contracted, because it pertaines to rewarding and revenging Iustice.
13. It is said to be inflicted for Sin, because it hath always respect and order to the desert of Sin, unto which punishment follows from the offence, by reason of the prohibition, and from the guiltiness, by reason of the commination.
13. It is said to be inflicted for Sinne, because it hath alwayes respect and order to the desart of Sinne, unto which punishment followes from the offence, by reason of the prohibition, and from the guiltinesse, by reason of the commination.