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religion William Ames

William Ames | religion

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.

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religion William Ames

William Ames | religion

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.

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Nature William Ames

William Ames | nature

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.

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hope William Ames

William Ames | hope

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.

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God William Ames

William Ames | god

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.

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God William Ames

William Ames | god

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.

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fitness William Ames

William Ames | fitness

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.

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Faith William Ames

William Ames | faith

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.

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Faith William Ames

William Ames | faith

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.

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Faith William Ames

William Ames | faith

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.

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