A25291:776
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.
25. The cause of this ascension was the same which before was of the Resurrection: namely the power of God, which is the same both of the Father and the Son: hence in respect of the Father it is called an assumption which in respect of the Son is called an ascension. Act, 1. 11. But there was added moreover the condition of a glorified body; which is carried as well upward as downward.
26. The ends of his ascension were. 1. That he might place his humane nature now glorified in the mansion of glory. 2. That he might show himself to be him who could pierce into the Heavenly and deepest counsels of God. John 3. 13. How shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? For there is none that ascendeth into Heaven, but he who descendeth from Heaven; namely, the son of man who is in Heaven. 3. That he might prepare mansions for all his in the house of his Father. John 14. 3. 4. That he might in the name of his own take possession of the heavenly Kingdom. Eph. 2. 6. Hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in Heaven, in Christ Jesus. 5. That by his intercession & power he might take care for those things ⟨p. 110⟩which were to be performed for their salvation. Joh• 16. 7. If I go from you, I will send the Comforter unto you. 6. That we may have a most certain argument of our ascension into Heaven, 1 Cor. 15. 20. He is made the first fruits of them that sleep. 7. That we also might in thought, affection and conversation follow after Heavenly things. Col. 3. 1.