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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
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William Ames
Age: 57 †
Born: 1576
Born: January 1
Died: 1633
Died: November 14
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Ipswich (parish)
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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 is concerned it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
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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 what he gives to us.
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