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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.
CHAPTER XIX.
Of the office of Christ. Thus far of the Person of Christ, his office follows.
Of the office of Christ. Thus farre of the Person of Christ, his office followes.
1. THE Office of Christ, is that which he undertook that he might obtain salvation for men: 1. Tim. 1. 15. This is a sure saying, and worthy of all acceptation: That Jesus Christ came into the World to save Sinners.
1. THE Office of Christ, is that which he undertooke that he might obtaine salvation for men: 1. Tim. 1. 15. This is a sure saying, and worthy of all acceptation: That Iesus Christ came into the World to save Sinners.
2. For those that deny that the proper end propounded by God and Christ in this mystery, was the salvation of men, they deprive God and Christ of their honour, and men of their comfort.