A25291:82
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.
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. Exod. 33. 23. Thou. shalt see my back-parts, but my Face cannot be seene, and darkely, not clearly, that is, after an humane manner, and measure, 1. Cor. 13. 12. Through a glasse: darkely, after a sort.
4. Because those things that pertain to God are necessarily explained after an humane manner: hence is that manner of speaking frequent in these matters which is called [Greek or Hebrew]. I. E•. figure that attributes those things to God which be proper to men, as in humane affections senses or members.
4. Because those things that pertaine to God are necessarily explained after an humane manner: hence is th•t manner of speaking frequent in these matters which is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. I. E•. figure that attributes those things to God which bee proper to men, as in humane affections senses or members.