This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties. William Ames More Quotes by William Ames More Quotes From William Ames In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. William Ames contentmentperfectionjoy 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 gods-willeternaldoe 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 faithfulnessmaygiving The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. William Ames starting-overcorruptionsin The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. William Ames divine-willpleasuredivine The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given William Ames acquiescencecontentmentmind The will of God is single and totally one in Him. William Ames gods-will Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image. William Ames sinrealmen Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers. William Ames end-of-the-worldlongingends 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. William Ames churchhelpingtoday Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God. William Ames gods-willreceivinghearing 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. William Ames hearingprayerspiritual Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul. William Ames soulgracemen The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is. William Ames attributes-of-godattributes 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 concernyieldfirsts Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. William Ames inwardspecialordinary The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence. William Ames efficiencycreationmay 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 faithfulunionsblessing The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature. William Ames essencefatherson Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God. William Ames theologydoctrineteaching
