A25291:923
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. This sentence is pronounced with the same diversity of degrees as justification: for it was first in Gods predestination. Eph. 1. 5. He hath predestinated us that he might adopt us to be Sons. Afterward it was in Christ. Gal. 4. 4, 5. God hath sent forth his Son, that we might receive adoption. Afterward it was in believers themselves, The same Chapter Verse 6. And because ye are Sons, GOD hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba Father.
3. This sentence is pronounced with the same diversity of degrees as justification: for it was first in Gods predestination. Eph. 1. 5. He hath predestinated us that he might adopt us to be Sons. Afterward it was in Christ. Gal. 4. 4, 5. God hath sent forth his Son, that we might receive adoption. Afterward it was in believers themselves, The same Chapter Verse 6. And because yee are Sonnes, GOD hath sent forth the Spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying, Abba Father.
4. It is properly conversant about the faithful that are called and justified, John 1. 12. For by adoption we are not made just: which would necessarily follow, if ⟨p. 136⟩adoption were part of justification it self, as some would have it: neither is it a calling unto Christ, but a certain excellent dignity flowing from the application of him, Romans 8. 17. Heirs together with Christ: