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.
Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers. - William Ames
Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
- William Ames
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image. - William Ames
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised betw… - William Ames
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised betw…
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. - William Ames
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is. - William Ames
The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.
Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God. - William Ames
Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. - William Ames
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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
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.
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. - William Ames
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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