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 Copy Share Image
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. — William Ames Copy Share
Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker. — William Ames Copy Share
Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets… — William Ames Copy Share
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames Copy Share
An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because… — William Ames Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means… — William Ames Copy Share
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image. — William Ames Copy Share
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular… — William Ames Copy Share
Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be… — William Ames Copy Share
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised… — William Ames Copy Share
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… — William Ames Copy Share
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. — William Ames Copy Share
Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to… — William Ames Copy Share
