Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

4. The Dominion of God is founded upon his preservation of things. Ps. 95.3, 4. The Lord is a great King above all Gods. Why? In his hand are all the deep places of the Earth. While his hand holds things, his hand hath a Dominion over them. He that holds a stone in the Air, exerciseth a dominion over its natural inclination in hindering it from falling. The Creature depends wholly upon God in its preservation; as soon as that Divine hand which sustains every thing, were withdrawn, a languishment and swooning would be the next turn in the Creature. He is called Lord, Adonai in regard of his sustentation of all things by his continual influx. The Word coming of [Greek or Hebrew] which signifies a basis or pillar, that supports a building. God is the Lord of all, as he is the sustainer of all by his power, as well as the Creator of all by his Word. The Sun hath a Sovereign dominion over its own beams, which depend upon it, so that if he withdraws himself, they all attend him, and the World is left in darkness. God maintains the vigour of all things, conducts them in their operations; so that nothing that they are, nothing that they have, but is owing to his preserving power. The Master of this great Family may as well be called the Lord of it, since every member of it depends upon him for the support of that being, he first gave them, and holds of his Empire. As the right to govern resulted from Creation, so it is perpetuated by the preservation of things.

4. The Dominion of God is founded upon his preservation of things. Ps. 95.3, 4. The Lord is a great King above all Gods. Why? In his hand are all the deep places of the Earth. While his hand holds things, his hand hath a Dominion over them. He that holds a stone in the Air, exerciseth a dominion over its natural inclination in hindring it from falling. The Creature depends wholly upon God in its preservation; as soon as that Divine hand which sustains every thing, were withdrawn, a languishment and swooning would be the next turn in the Creature. He is call'd Lord, Adonai in regard of his sustentation of all things by his continual influx. The Word coming of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which signifies a basis or pillar, that supports a building. God is the Lord of all, as he is the sustainer of all by his power, as well as the Creator of all by his Word. The Sun hath a Soveraign dominion over its own beams, which depend upon it, so that if he withdraws himself, they all attend him, and the World is left in darkness. God maintains the vigor of all things, conducts them in their operations; so that nothing that they are, nothing that they have, but is owing to his preserving power. The Master of this great Family may as well be called the Lord of it, since every member of it depends upon him for the support of that being, he first gave them, and holds of his Empire. As the right to govern resulted from Creation, so it is perpetuated by the preservation of things.