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A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…
A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favourable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favorable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675
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.
The Schoolmen say that God is five ways present. 1. In the Humanity of Christ, by hypostatical union. 2. In the Saints, by knowledge and love. 3. In the Church, by his essence and direction. 4. In Heaven by his Majesty and Glory. 5. In Hell, by his vindictive Justice.
The Schoolmen say that God is five wayes present. 1. In the Humanity of Christ, by hypostatical union. 2. In the Saints, by knowledge and love. 3. In the Church, by his essence and direction. 4. In Heaven by his Majesty and Glory. 5. In Hell, by his vindictive Justice.
Hemingius saith, There is a fourfold presence of God. 1. There is a presence of Power in all men, even in the Reprobates. 2. A presence of Grace only in the Elect. 3. A presence of Glory in the Angels and Saints departed. 4. An hypostatical presence of the Father with the Son. But, if you please you may take notice, that there is a sixfold presence of the Lord:
First, there is a general presence of God, and thus he 1is present with all Creatures; Whither shall I flee from thy presence? Empedocles the Philosopher said well, That God is a Circle, whose centre i• every where, and whose circumference is no where. God is included in no place, and excluded from no place, saith another, Non est ubi, ubi non est Deus. They could tell us that God is the soul of the World: and that as the soul is Tota in tot•, & tota in qualibet part, so is he; his eye is in every corner, &c. To which purpose they so portrayed their Goddess Minerva, that which way soever one cast his eye, she always beheld him. Though Heaven be Gods Palace, yet it is not his prison. Diana's Temple was burnt down, when she was busy at Alexander's