The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
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This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.William Ames
But the church cannot confer the necessary gifts for this ministry, and cannot prescribe for God those upon whom he should confer them.
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.
William Ames
Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.
William Ames
Hearing here, therefore, means any receiving of the word of God whether it be communicated to us by preaching, reading, or any other way.
William Ames
Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.
William Ames
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