English - Philosopher | 1576 - November 14, 1633
The will of God is single and totally one in Him.
William Ames
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The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.
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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.
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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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