An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

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