CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

As that wretched Alphonsus King of Spain, who said, That had he been at the Creation of the world, he would have ordered it better then now it is.

Use 4 4. Is God the Maker of the world? then it follows also he is the Preserver and governor of the world: This must necessarily follow, for the same power is required to preserve and govern as is to create; And as it is gross Atheism to own any other Maker of the world but God, so also any other Governor or Ruler: Hence it is that God is so often, called the Judge of the world, that he is said to Reign, that the hearts of Kings even the chiefest powers in the world are in his hand, he can order them as he pleaseth; That it is not as men think, as they will or purpose, but as the Judge of the world; Faith in this Point while we live in this world is necessary; The Lord reigneth, let the world rejoice, Psa. 97.1. said David: And again, The Lord reigneth, let the world tremble, Psa. 99.1. There is matter of joy and matter of trembling because God governeth; Matter of joy to the godly, for he is a Supreme Ruler, who is their God, whose eye runneth up and down in their behalf, who keeps up the world for their sake, who takes care of every godly man so fully as if there were no creature else but he: And it's also of terror to wicked men, for God rules all, who is an holy, just, and righteous God, so that they must not think always to hold up their heads; They must not think God will be mocked, but he will do righteously in the world; For want of faith in this Point, we see David, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk, staggering exceedingly, ready to commend the ways of wickedness, because they seem more prosperous in the world.

Ʋse 4 4. Is God the Maker of the world? then it follows also he is the Preserver and governour of the world: This must necessarily follow, for the same power is required to preserve and govern as is to create; And as it is grosse Athiesm to own any other Maker of the world but God, so also any other Governour or Ruler: Hence it is that God is so often, called the Judge of the world, that he is said to Reign, that the hearts of Kings even the chiefest powers in the world are in his hand, he can order them as he pleaseth; That it is not as men think, as they will or purpose, but as the Judge of the world; Faith in this Point while we live in this world is necessary; The Lord reigneth, let the world rejoyce,