A25291:80
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.
1. IN the former dispute, we have treated of Faith: now order requires, that we treat of God, who is the object of Faith: which that it may be somewhat more exactly done, we will first speak of the knowledge of God.
1. IN the former dispute, wee have treated of Faith: now order requires, that we treat of God, who is the object of Faith: which that it may bee somewhat more exactly done, wee will first speake of the knowledge of God.
2. God as he is in himself cannot be apprehended of any, but himself 1. Tim. 6. 16. Dwelling in that inaccessible light, whom never man saw, nor can see.
2. God as he is in himselfe cannot be apprehended of any, but himselfe 1. Tim. 6. 16. Dwelling in that inaccessible light, whom never man saw, nor can see.
3. As he hath revealed himself unto us, he is conceived as it were, by the back parts, not by the Face. Exod. 33. 23. Thou. shalt see my back-parts, but my Face cannot be seen, and darkly, not clearly, that is, after an humane manner, and measure, 1. Cor. 13. 12. Through a glass: darkly, after a sort.
3. As he hath revealed himselfe unto us, he is conceived as it were, by the backe parts, not by the Face.