Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
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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.William Ames
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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An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.
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The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.
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The worship which directs itself toward God as our good regards him either as he is ours at present, in faith, or as he is to be ours, in hope.
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But the church cannot confer the necessary gifts for this ministry, and cannot prescribe for God those upon whom he should confer them.
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