"The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness,……" — William Ames
"The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin."
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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 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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Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.
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More Corruption Quotes
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one of 747 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police.
— Julian Assange
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You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors.…
— Michele Bachmann
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard…
— Samuel Adams
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It's not just spending, it's not just taxes, it's not just corruption, it is progressivism, and it is in both…
— Glenn Beck
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
— Georges Bernanos
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder…
— Conrad Black
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
— Aesop
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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually…
— David Brin
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
— Jacob Bronowski
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Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the…
— Sherrod Brown
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