Conscience With the Power and Cases Thereof: Divided Into V. Bookes

by William Ames

Excerpt from Conscience With the Power and Cases Divided Into V. Bookes



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Genres: Theology

472 pages, Hardcover

First published April 2, 2010

About the author

William Ames (/eɪmz/; Latin: Guilielmus Amesius; 1576 – 14 November 1633) was an English Protestant divine, philosopher, and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the Calvinists and the Arminians.

Reviews

[C. A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A formidable inquiry into our conscience and the way we ought to judge our thoughts and actions. Ames sometimes dives deep into the details and attempts to answer surprising questions that he must have been asked by his students and parishioners.