William Ames Quotes

United Kingdom, Philosopher
1576 – November, 14, 1633.

William Ames (/eɪmz/; Latin: Guilielmus Amesius; 1576 – 14 November 1633) was an English Protestant divine, philosopher, and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the Calvinists and the Arminians.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

William Ames
Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

William Ames

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.

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- Firsts
- Concern
- Yield
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

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- Joy
- Perfection
- Neighbor
The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.

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- Church
- Mean
- Scripture
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
- Spiritual
- Prayer
- Virtue