William Ames Quotes

• In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

  William Ames

  Perfection, Joy, Contentment

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• The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before.

  William Ames

  Doe, Gods Will, Eternal

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

  William Ames

  Real, Men, Sin

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.

  William Ames

  Giving, May, Faithfulness

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

  William Ames

  Mind, Contentment, Acquiescence

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• Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.

  William Ames

  Matter, Eternity, Makers

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

  William Ames

  Divine Will, Pleasure, Divine

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

  William Ames

  Attributes, Attributes Of God

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• Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

  William Ames

  Receiving, Hearing, Gods Will

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• The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.

  William Ames

  Starting Over, Sin, Corruption

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

  William Ames

  End Of The World, Longing, Ends

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• Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.

  William Ames

  Afterlife, Heard, All Things

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.

  William Ames

  Spiritual, Prayer, Hearing

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• Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul.

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  Men, Grace, Soul

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The will of God is single and totally one in Him.

  William Ames

  Gods Will

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The inward offer is a kind of spiritual enlightenment, whereby the promises are presented to the hearts of men, as it were, by an inward word.

  William Ames

  Spiritual, Heart, Men

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

  William Ames

  Teaching, Doctrine, Theology

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• The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.

  William Ames

  Yield, Firsts, Concern

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• The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.

  William Ames

  May, Creation, Efficiency

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.

  William Ames

  Special, Ordinary, Inward

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature.

  William Ames

  Exercise, Perfect, Firsts

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.

  William Ames

  Mean, Church, Ordinary

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

  William Ames

  Father, Son, Essence

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• Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church.

  William Ames

  Church, Today, Helping

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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• Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God.

  William Ames

  Blessing, Faithful, Unions

  William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

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