A25291:61
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.
7. Now God is the object of Faith, not as he is considered in himself, but as we by him do live well. 1. Tim 4. 10. We hope in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those that believe.
7. Now God is the object of Faith, not as he is considered in himselfe, but as we by him doe live well. 1. Tim 4. 10. We hope in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those that believe.
8. Christ as Redeemer is the mediate object of Faith, ⟨p. 7⟩but not the highest, for we believe in God through Christ. Rom. 6. 11: to live to God by Christ. 2. Cor. 3. 4. we have trust through Christ to God-ward, 1. Pet. 1. 21. Through him believing in God.
9. The sentences in the Scriptures or promises, do contain and present an object of Faith, and they are called the object of Faith by a Metonymy of the adjunct• The good which is propounded to be obtained, as it is such, is the end and effect of Faith, not properly the object it self.
9. The sentences in the Scriptures or promises, doe containe and present an object of Faith, and they are called the object of Faith by a Metonimy of the adjunct• The good which is propounded to be obtained, as it is such, is the end and effect of Faith, not properly the object it selfe.