Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

Observe,

1. God is a perpetual refuge and security to his People. His Providence is not confined to one Generation; 'tis not one Age only that tastes of his bounty and compassion: His eye never yet slept, nor hath he suffered the little Ship of his Church to be swallowed up, though it hath been tossed upon the waves: He hath always been an Haven to preserve us, a House to secure us; He hath alway had compassions to pity us, and power to protect us; He hath had a Face to shine, when the world hath had an angry Countenance to frown;^* He brought Enoch home by an extraordinary translation from a brutish world; and when he was resolved to reckon with men for their brutish lives, he lodged Noah, the Phoenix of the world, in an Ark, and kept him alive as a spark in the midst of many waters, whereby to rekindle a Church in the world: In all Generations he is a dwelling place, to secure his people here, or entertain them above.

1. God is a perpetual refuge and security to his People. His Providence is not confin'd to one Generation; 'tis not one Age only that tastes of his bounty and compassion: His eye never yet slept, nor hath he suffered the little Ship of his Church to be swallowed up, though it hath been tost upon the waves: He hath always been an Haven to preserve us, a House to secure us; He hath alway had compassions to pity us, and power to protect us; He hath had a Face to shine, when the world hath had an angry Countenance to frown;^* He brought Enoch home by an extraordinary translation from a brutish world; and when he was resolved to reckon with men for their brutish lives, he lodged Noah, the Phoenix of the world, in an Ark, and kept him alive as a spark in the midst of many waters, whereby to rekindle a Church in the world: In all Generations he is a dwelling place, to secure his people here, or entertain them above.

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