“The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from...” — William Ames Quote

“The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.”

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

“Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.”

“Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.”

“The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.”

“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.”

“I was appointed to Cabinet three times; on no occasion did I pitch for what position I wanted.”

“Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.”

“My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.”

“I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.”

“I believe that presidents up through and including George Bush have known that Americans were left alive and in violation of law, these high officials and certain of their appointed subordinates have continued and perpetrated a cover up of this reality.”

“My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.”