Writings of William Ames

1 S. Hearing of the Word 2 S. Baptism 3 S. Contentment 4 S. The Administration of the Covenant of Grace before the Coming of Christ 5 S. Creation 6 S. The Death of Christ 7 S. The Decrees of God 8 S. The Definition or Nature of Theology 9 S. The Parts of Theology 10 S. The Efficiency of God 11 S. The End of the World 12 S. The Extraordinary Ministers of the Church 13 S. Faith 14 S. Faith and Preparation 15 S. The Essence of God 16 S. Instituted Worship 17 S. Justification 18 S. The Manner of Worship 19 S. Ordinary Ministers and Their Office in Preaching 20 S. Sanctification 21 S. The Subsistence of God 22 S. The Church Instituted 23 S. The Church Mystically Considered 24 Substance of the Christian Religion 25 c CONTENTS 26 d Biographical Sketch 27 e To the Reader 28 The First Lord’s Day 29 The Second Lord’s Day 30 The Third Lord’s Day 31 The Fourth Lord’s Day 32 The Fifth Lord’s Day 33 The Sixth Lord’s Day 34 The Seventh Lord’s Day 35 The Eighth Lord’s Day 36 The Ninth Lord’s Day 37 The Tenth Lord’s Day 38 The Eleventh Lord’s Day 39 The Twelfth Lord’s Day 40 The Thirteenth Lord’s Day 41 The Fourteenth Lord’s Day 42 The Fifteenth Lord’s Day 43 The Sixteenth Lord’s Day 44 The Seventeenth Lord’s Day 45 The Eighteenth Lord’s Day 46 The Nineteenth Lord’s Day 47 The Twentieth Lord’s Day 48 The Twenty-first Lord’s Day 49 The Twenty-second Lord’s Day 50 The Twenty-third Lord’s Day 51 The Twenty-fourth Lord’s Day 52 The Twenty-fifth Lord’s Day 53 -27 The Twenty-sixth and seventh Lord’s Days 54 -29 The Twenty-eighth and ninth Lord’s Days 55 The Thirtieth Lord’s Day 56 -32 The Thirty-first Lord’s Day 57 The Thirty-third Lord’s Day 58 The Ten Commandments 59 The Thirty-fifth Lord’s Day 60 -37 The Thirty-sixth and seventh Lord’s Day 61 The Thirty-eighth Lord’s Day 62 The Thirty-ninth Lord’s Day 63 The Fortieth Lord’s Day 64 The Forty-first Lord’s Day 65 The Forty-second Lord’s Day 66 The Forty-third Lord’s Day 67 The Forty-fourth Lord’s Day 68 The Forty-fifth Lord’s Day 69 The Lord’s Prayer 70 The Forty-seventh Lord’s Day 71 The Forty-Eighth Lord’s Day 72 The Forty-ninth Lord’s Day 73 The Fiftieth Lord’s Day 74 The Fifty-first Lord’s Day 75 The Fifty-second Lord’s Day 76 THE MARROW OF SACRED DIVINITY 77 Title/Contents 78 a Transcriber Notes 79 b CONTENTS 80 c PREFACE 81 d TO THE READER. 82 -00 THE FIRST BOOK OF DIVINITY 83 -01 Chapter 1. Of the Definition or Nature of Divinity 84 -02 Chapter 2. Of the Distribution or parts of Divinity 85 -03 Chapter 3. Of Faith. 86 -04 Chapter 4. Of God, and his Essence. 87 -05 Chapter 5. Of the Subsistence of God. 88 -06 Chapter 6. Of the Efficiency of God. 89 -07 Chapter 7. Of the Decree and Counsel of God. 90 -08 Chapter 8. Of Creation. 91 -09 Chapter 9. Of Providence. 92 -10 Chapter 10. Of Special Gubernation about intelligent Creatures. 93 -11 Chapter 11. Of Man’s Apostasy, or Fall. 94 -12 Chapter 12. Of the consequents of Sin. 95 -13 Chapter 13. Of Original Sin. 96 -14 Chapter 14. Of Actual Sin. 97 -15 Chapter 15. Of Corporal Death. 98 -16 Chapter 16. Of the Consummation of Death. 99 -17 Chapter 17. Of the Propagation of Sin. 100 -18 Chapter 18. Of the Person of Christ, the Mediator 101 -19. Chapter 19. Of the Office of Christ 102 -20 Chapter 20. Of Satisfaction. 103 -21 Chapter 21. Of the Life of Christ being humbled. 104 -22 Chapter 22. Of the Death of Christ. 105 -23 Chapter 23. Of the Exaltation of Christ. 106 -24 Chapter 24. Of the Application of Christ. 107 -25 Chapter 25. Of Predestination 108 -26 Chapter 26. Of Calling. 109 -27 Chapter 27. Of Justification. 110 -28 Chapter 28. Of Adoption. 111 -29 Chapter 29. Of Sanctification. 112 -30 Chapter 30. Of Glorification. 113 -31 Chapter 31. Of the Church mystically considered. 114 -32 Chapter 32. Of the Church Instituted. 115 -34 Chapter 34. Of the Holy Scripture. 116 -35 Chapter 35. Of ordinary Ministers, and their Office in Preaching. 117 -36 Chapter 36. Of the Sacraments. 118 -37 Chapter 37. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline. 119 -38 Chapter 38. Of the Administration of the Covenant of Grace ... 120 -39 Chapter 39. Of the Administration of the Covenant from Christ ... 121 -40 Chapter 40. Of Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. 122 -41 Chapter 41. To the end of the World. 123 -00 SECOND BOOK OF SACRED THEOLOGY. 124 -33 Chapter 33. Of the Extraordinary Ministers of the Church. 125 -01 Chapter 1. Of Observance in General 126 -02 Chapter 2. Of Virtue. 127 -03 Chapter 3. Of Good Works. 128 -04 Chapter 4. Of Religion. 129 -05 Chapter 5. Of Faith. 130 -06 Chapter 6. Of Hope. 131 -07 Chapter 7. Of Charity. 132 -08 Chapter 8. Of Hearing the Word. 133 -09 Chapter 9. Of Prayer. 134 -10 Chapter 10. Of an Oath. 135 -11 Chapter 11. Of a Lot. 136 -12 Chapter 12. Of Tempting God. 137 -13 Chapter 13. Of Instituted worship. 138 -14 Chapter 14. Of the manner of Divine worship. 139 -15 Chapter 15. Of the time of worship. 140 -16 Chapter 16. Of Justice and Charity toward our neighbour. 141 -17 Chapter 17. Of the honour of our Neighbour. 142 -18 Chapter 18. Of humanity toward our Neighbour. 143 -19 Chapter 19. Of Chastity. 144 -20 Chapter 20. Of Commutative Justice. 145 -21 Chapter 21. Of telling Truth. Veracity. 146 -22 Chapter 22. Of Contentment. 147 Notes