Author: William Ames

Quotes

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

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

- William Ames

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

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

- William Ames

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.

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

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

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

- William Ames

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.

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

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

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

- William Ames

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

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

- William Ames

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.

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

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

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

- William Ames

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