4 Quotes & Sayings By William Ames

William Ames (1602–1677) was an English religious writer and physician. He was born in Oxfordshire, England. He studied medicine at the University of Oxford, and in 1628 became physician to the 3rd Duke of Buckingham. He was also minister of St Read more

Martin's-in-the-Fields, London. His works include A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1665), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671), A Briefe Discovery of the Miraculous Power of God (1671).

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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. William Ames
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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
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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