A25291:937
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.
16. That dignity which this Adoption brings with it, doth not only far exceed that common relation whereby God is said to be the Father of every Creature: but that also which we had before the fall: because that was weak, but this by reason of the band doth remain for ever, John 8. 32. The servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth for ever.
16. That dignity which this Adoption brings with it, doth not onely far exceed that common relation whereby God is said to be the Father of every Creature: but that also which we had before the fall: because that was weake, but this by reason of the band doth remaine for ever, Iohn 8. 32. The servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth for ever.
17. Hence the Name of God and of Christ is named upon the faithful, by a special right and reason. 1 John 3. 1. As Jacob taking the sons of Joseph into adoption would have them called by his name. Gen. 48. 5.
17. Hence the Name of God and of Christ is named upon the faithfull, by a speciall right and reason. 1 Iohn 3. 1. As Iacob taking the sons of Ioseph into adoption would have them called by his name. Gen. 48. 5.