William Ames

“Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.”

“The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.”

“Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.”

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

“Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.”

“This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.”

“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.”

“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.”