Works of William Ames

[panicbird]

My understanding is that there were 5 volumes of Ames' Latin writings. How much of that has been translated into English? What important works of Ames have yet to be translated? Is that five-volume edition available anywhere? If so, how many arms and legs does it cost? Not that I would be able to afford; I am just curious.

Lon

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Yes, it was five volumes. The Marrow of Theology, Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof, and A Fresh Suit Against Human Ceremonies in Worship are available in English and there is some material here. Puritan Publications plans to reprint A Fresh Suit (see also this thread). Not sure about other materials. His Latin works used to be required reading for all Yale graduates until 1780.

Here is a bibliography of his works:

Bibliography

Opera, quae Latine scripsit, omnia (Amsterdam, 1658).

Puritanismus Anglicanus (Frankfurt, 1610); trans. of William Bradshaw, English Puritanisme (1605).

Coronis ad collationem Hagiensem, qua argumenta pastorum Hollandiae adversus remonstratium quinque articulos de divina praedestinatione, & capitibus ei adnexis, producta, ab horum exceptionibus vindicantur (Elzeviriana, 1618).

Medulla theologica (Amsterdam, 1623).

De conscientia et eius iure vel casibus (Amsterdam, 1630).

Technometria, omnium & singularum artium fines adequate circumscribens (1633).

Lectiones in cl. Psalmos Davidis (Amsterdam, 1635).

Bellarminus enervatus, 4 vols (Amsterdam, 1638).

Philosophemata (Amsterdam, 1651).

Rescriptio scholastica et brevis ad Nic. Grevinchovii responsum ... de redemptione generali & electione (Amsterdam, 1658).

Other Relevant Works

Christianae cathechesos scigraphia (Amsterdam, 1609).

A Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies in God´s Worship [1610].

An Analyticall Exposition of Both the Epistles of the Apostle Peter: Illustrated by Doctrines out of Every Text and Applied by Their Uses for Further Progresse in Holinesse (1641).

The Substance of Christian Religion; or, a Plain and Easie Draught of the Christian Catechisme (1659).

[Edited on 5-10-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[crhoades]

Technometry by Ames
Technometria, omnium & singularum artium fines adequate circumscribens (1633) has been translated and published with good front matter explaining the relation to Ramean logic...picked it up not too long ago.

 

[Contra_Mundum]

Probably not much has been translated.

From my copy of The Marrow, p.8, n.15: "Conscience with the Power and Cases thereof: Divided into Five Books, (London, 1643), has been reproduced along with the Marrow, in a limited facsimile edition, Harvard Divinity School Library, Cambridge, Mass., 1964."

Possibly:
(noted on p. 19, n. 39) A Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies in God's Worship, (Rotterdm, 1633). This may be among few works of his originally published in English, but I'm going off of the scant info of footnotes, and it may have been in Latin.

[Edited on 5-10-2006 by Contra_Mundum]

 

[NaphtaliPress]

Originally posted by Contra_Mundum
A Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies in God's Worship, (Rotterdm, 1633). This may be among few works of his originally published in English, but I'm going off of the scant info of footnotes, and it may have been in Latin.
[Edited on 5-10-2006 by Contra_Mundum]

It may be me, but I found this a tedious work. I would not want to be the editor. A resetting of the type would certainly help make it more accessible. However, it should be very carefully done. I'm sorry to say PP's Covenant of Life Open'd by Rutherford received some strong criticism by the reviewer in the 2006 Confessional Presbyterian. A bit embarrassing since I set up the review to help give the book exposure; but I trust lessons learned for the next PP project. Happily, since it is a POD book any serious problems are easily correctable. http://www.cpjournal.com