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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.
They are the first words I intend to insist upon, to treat of the Patience of God, described in those words; The Lord is slow to anger.
They are the first words I intend to insist upon, to treat of the Patience of God, describ'd in those words; The Lord is slow to anger.
Doct. Slowness to anger, or admirable Patience, is the property of the divine nature. As Patience signifies suffering, so it is not in God. The divine nature is impassible, uncapable of any impair, it cannot be touched by the violences of men, nor the essential Glory of it be diminished by the injuries of men; But as it signifies a willingness to defer, and an unwillingness to pour forth his wrath upon sinful creatures; He moderates his provoked justice, and forbears to revenge the injuries he daily meets with in the World. He suffers no grief by mens wronging him, but he restrains his arm from punishing them according to their merits; And thus there is Patience in every cross a man meets with in the World: because though it be a punishment, 'tis less than is merited by the unrighteous rebel, and less than may be inflicted by a righteous and powerful God.
Doct. Slowness to anger, or admirable Patience, is the property of the divine nature. As Patience signifies suffering, so it is not in God. The divine nature is impassible, uncapable of any impair, it cannot be touched by the violences of men, nor the essential Glory of it be diminisht by the injuries of men; But as it signifies a willingness to deferr, and an unwillingness to pour forth his wrath upon sinful creatures; He moderates his provoked justice, and forbears to revenge the injuries he daily meets with in the World. He suffers no grief by mens wronging him, but he restrains his arm from punishing them according to their merits; And thus there is Patience in every cross a man meets with in the World: because though it be a punishment, 'tis less than is merited by the unrighteous rebel, and less than may be inflicted by a righteous and powerful God.