Author: William Ames

Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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