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Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God
Several discourses upon the existence and attributes of God by that late eminent minister in Christ, Mr. Stephen Charnocke ...
London: printed for D. Newman, 1682
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.
God is the Sovereign; Man rules over the Beast in Man, the Body; and God rules over the Man in Man, the Soul. It sticks not in the outward surface, but pierceth to the inward Marrow. 'Tis impossible God should be without this; if our wills were independent on him, we were in some sort equal with himself, in part Gods as well as Creatures. 'Tis impossible a Creature, either in whole or in part, can be exempted from it: Since he is the fashioner of hearts as well as of Bodies. He is the Father of Spirits: And therefore hath the right of a paternal dominion over them. When he established man Lord of the other Creatures, he did not strip himself of the propriety. And when he made man a free Agent, and Lord of the acts of his Will, he did not devest himself of the Sovereignty.
God is the Soveraign; Man rules over the Beast in Man, the Body; and God rules over the Man in Man, the Soul. It sticks not in the outward surface, but peirceth to the inward Marrow. 'Tis impossible God should be without this; if our wills were independent on him, we were in some sort equal with himself, in part Gods as well as Creatures. 'Tis impossible a Creature, either in whole or in part, can be exempted from it: Since he is the fashioner of hearts as well as of Bodies. He is the Father of Spirits: And therefore hath the right of a paternal dominion over them. When he established man Lord of the other Creatures, he did not strip himself of the propriety. And when he made man a free Agent, and Lord of the acts of his Will, he did not devest himself of the Soveraignty.
His Sovereignty is seen,
His Soveraignty is seen,
1. In Gifting of the Spirits of Men. Earthly Magistrates have hands too short, to inspire the Hearts of their Subjects with worthy sentiments. When they confer an employment, they are not able to convey an ability with it fit for the station. They may as soon frame a Statue of liquid water, and guild, or paint it over with the costliest colours, as impart to any a State-Head, for a State-Ministry. But when God chooseth a Saul from so mean an employment as seeking of Asses, he can treasure up in him a Spirit fit for Government. And fire David, in Age a