A25291:641
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.
28. And hence also it appeareth how necessary it was that Christ the Mediator should be God, and man: for unless he had bin God, he could not be the spiritual King of our souls, dispensing life and death eternal: and unless he had been man he could not have been an head of the same kind with his body.
28. And hence also it appeareth how necessary it was that Christ the Mediator should be God, and man: for unlesse he had bin God, he could not be the spirituall King of our soules, dispensing life and death eternall: and unlesse hee had been man he could not have been an head of the same kinde with his body.
29. Christ in all his offices had types: In the prophetical office he h•d men also so subordinate to himself that they also were called prophets: but his ⟨p. 87⟩Priesthood and kingdom do not admit such a subordination: neither was there ever any by office a spiritual Priest or King beside Christ alone.
29. Christ in all his offices had types: In the propheticall office he h•d men also so subordinate to h•mselfe that they also were called prophets: but his ⟨p. 87⟩Priesthood and kingdome doe not admit such a subordination: neither was there ever any by office a spirituall Priest or King beside Christ alone.