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Sermons preached on several occasionsSermons preach'd on several occasions
Sermons preached on several occasions by William Bates.Sermons preach'd on several occasions by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To explain the first, we must consider that this Title, The Children ⟨p. 101⟩of God, is given upon several accounts.
First, By Creation the Angels are called the Sons of God, and Men his Off-spring.
The reason of the Title is,
1. The manner of their Production by his immediate Power. Thus he is styled, The Father of Spirits, in distinction from the Fathers of the Flesh. For tho the Conception and forming of the Body be the Work of his secret Providence, yet 'tis by the hand of Nature, the Parents concurring as the second Causes of it: but the Production of the Soul is to be entirely ascribed to his Power, without the Intervention of any Creature.
1. The manner of their Production by his immediate Power. Thus he is stiled, The Father of Spirits, in distinction from the Fathers of the Flesh. For tho the Conception and forming of the Body be the Work of his secret Providence, yet 'tis by the hand of Nature, the Parents concurring as the second Causes of it: but the Production of the Soul is to be entirely ascribed to his Power, without the Intervention of any Creature.