A25291:468
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.
24. Clemency appears in patience, and long sufferance.
24. Clemency appeares in patience, and long sufferance.
25. Patience is that whereby he doth forbearingly suffer Sin, and spares the Sinners. 2. Pet. 3. 9.
26. Long sufferance is that whereby he doth long suspend revenge. Exo. 34. 6.
27. Beneficence is that whereby, being rich in goodness, he poureth forth many good things, even upon Sinners. Matth. 5. 45. So much of the Guiltiness, Filthiness, and punishment of sin in general, now follows the punishment in special.