The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

Quote by William Ames

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Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for...

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for...

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from...

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from...

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity...

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity...

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature:...

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature:...

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according...

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according...

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use...

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use...

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part...

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part...

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a...

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a...

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed...

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed...

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be...

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be...

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as...

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as...

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an...

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an...

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but...

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but...

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in...

Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in...

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration...

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration...

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him,...

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him,...

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He...

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He...

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our...

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our...