The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is. William Ames More Quotes by William Ames More Quotes From 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 eternitymakersmatter 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 afterlifeall-thingsheard This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. William Ames subsistencepropertyessence 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 doemenideas The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification. William Ames churchordinarymean Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object. William Ames agentscreationaction The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man. William Ames gracespiritualmen The inward offer is a kind of spiritual enlightenment, whereby the promises are presented to the hearts of men, as it were, by an inward word. William Ames spiritualheartmen 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 goodnessuseperfection The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things. William Ames presentthingseternityworld 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 gooddutynatureperfect
