Mistake not, I pray you: these duties must be had and used, but still a man must not stay there. Prayer says, “There is no salvation in me;” and the sacraments and fasting say, “There is no salvation is us;” all these are subservient helps, no absolute causes of salvation.

Isaac Ambrose (1604–1664), Puritanischer Prediger

Topics: Grace & Redemption, Prayer & Silence

Occasions: For Reflection

Isaac Ambrose

Isaac Ambrose (1604–1664) war ein englischer puritanischer Geistlicher und Erbauungsschriftsteller, der vor allem in Lancashire wirkte und 1662 im Zuge der Uniformitätsakte seine Pfarrstelle verlor. Er wurde vor allem durch sein christozentrisches Hauptwerk „Looking unto Jesus“ sowie seine Praxis regelmäßiger, intensiver Glaubensmeditation bekannt. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Vertreter einer erfahrungsbezogenen Frömmigkeit, die die persönliche Ausrichtung auf das Leben und Leiden Christi in den Mittelpunkt des Glaubens stellt.

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