A25291:541
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.
5. The outward beginning of this Death in matter of loss is the loss of outward good things, whereby this life was either beautified or sustained.
5. The outward beginning of this Death in matter of losse is the losse of outward good things, whereby this life was either beautified or sustained.
6. Of the first kind is. 1. Loss of dominion over the Creatures. •he which after the Fall did put off for the greatest part that subjection towards man, to which they were made, and became his deadly enemies unless they be brought into order by the special providence of God, Job 5. 22. 23. Be not afraid of the beasts ⟨p. 74⟩of the Earth, For thou shalt be in covenant with the stones of the Field, and the beasts of the Field shall be at peace with thee. Hos. 2. 18. I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the Field. 2. That ignominy which he is subject to, both living and dead. Deut. 28. 20. 37.
6. Of the first kinde is. 1. Losse of dominion over the Creatures. •he which after the Fall did put offor the greatest part that subjection towards man, to which they were made, and became his deadly enemies unlesse they be brought into order by the speciall providence of God, Iob 5. 22. 23. Be not afraid of the beasts ⟨p. 74⟩of the Earth, For thou shalt be in covenant with the stones of the Field, and the beasts of the Field shall be at peace with thee.