Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today — William Ames
This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. — William Ames
The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the — William Ames
Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration — William Ames
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God’s image. — William Ames
The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. — William Ames
The relative property of the son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the father — William Ames
The will of God is eternal because he does not begin to will what he did not will before — William Ames
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. — William Ames
The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed — William Ames
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. — William Ames
Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and — William Ames
Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed — William Ames
Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker. — William Ames
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames
Participation in the blessings of the union with christ comes when the faithful have all — William Ames