The Marrow of Theology
by William Ames
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One of history's most influential Christian writings presents the Puritan understanding of God, the church, and the world. Now in modern English.Tags
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- Original publication date
- 1627
- Dedication
- For Joanne
Sensu societatis vitae nostrae - First words
- [Foreword] William Ames lived through fifty-seven years of theological travail in the early seventeenth century when English Protestantism was being born.
[Preface] A translation of an influential book written nearly three hundred and fifty years ago deserves more than a technical, literal presentation of the text.
[Introduction] For a century and a half William Ames's Marrow of Theology held sway as a clear, persuasive expression of Puritan belief and practice. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Foreword] He has not only given us the first essay of its size to appear originally in English on the subject of Ames and his work but he has also reproduced for us a volume which more clearly and systematically ,I think, than any other sets forth the gist of Puritan though about God, the church, and the world.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Preface] With a sense of privilege I record my gratitude to the Houghton Reading Room of the Harvard College Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, the Williams College Library, and the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington, D. C.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It comes from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God. with the gift of the Holy Spirit which is with all those who love the law of God. Amen
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