William Ames
William Ames
William Ameswas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
church today helping
Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church.
yield firsts concern
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.
father son essence
The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.