Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
From William Ames
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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.
Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.
Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God.
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.
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.
The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.
The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.
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