"Hearing the word is the devout receiving of…" — William Ames
"Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God."
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30 Quotes by William Ames
William Ames has 30 quotes on this site.
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Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain…
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Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that…
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on…
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.
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Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses…
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that…
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The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
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Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent…
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An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only…
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More Devout Quotes
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
— Sri Aurobindo
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace.…
— Teresa of Avila
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Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for…
— Jason Bateman
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
— Joseph Addison
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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
— Thomas Carlyle
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I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner…
— Richard John Neuhaus
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In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout…
— Ravi Zacharias
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With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment…
— Antonin Scalia
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Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant…
— William Shakespeare
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