In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature.
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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.William Ames
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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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.
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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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The counsel of God is, as it were, his deliberation over the best manner of accomplishing anything already approved by the understanding and the will.
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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.
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