Hooker was influenced by [[William Ames]], and recommended Ames' book ''The Marrow of Sacred Divinity'' as "the only book beyond the Bible needed to make a student into a sound theologian."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWUmAQAAIAAJ|last1=Ames|first1=William|last2=Eusden|first2=John D.|title=The Marrow of Theology (1997)|date=1997|publisher=Baker Books}}</ref> | Hooker was influenced by [[William Ames]], and recommended Ames' book ''The Marrow of Sacred Divinity'' as "the only book beyond the Bible needed to make a student into a sound theologian."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWUmAQAAIAAJ|last1=Ames|first1=William|last2=Eusden|first2=John D.|title=The Marrow of Theology (1997)|date=1997|publisher=Baker Books}}</ref> |