Author: William Ames

Quotes

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

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

- 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

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

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

- William Ames

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.

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

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

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 goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

- William Ames

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor.

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor.

- William Ames

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