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 virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.