None indeed that acknowledge a God, did or can question Gods Right, though they may question his Will and actual exercise of his Right. He is the Creator, and therefore is the Sovereign Lord and Ruler. The World is his Family, and as a Master, he hath an undoubted Right to govern his own Family; He gave all Creatures their beings, and therefore hath a right to enact their Laws, appoint their stations, and fix their ends. 'Tis as much his property and prerogative to rule, as it is to create. Creation is so peculiarly proper to God, that it is not communicable to any Creature, no not to Angels, though of a vast Capacity ⟨p. 9⟩in other things, and that because they are Creatures themselves. 'Tis as impossible for one Creature or all to govern the World, and manage all the boisterous passions of men to just and glorious ends, as to create them. 'Tis true, God useth instruments in the executive part of his Providence; but he doth not design the Government of the world only by Instruments. He useth them not for necessity, but ornament. He Created the World without them, and therefore can Govern the World without them.
None indeed that acknowledge a God, did or can question Gods Right, though they may question his Will and actual exercise of his Right. He is the Creator, and therefore is the Soveraign Lord and Ruler. The World is his Family, and as a Master, he hath an undoubted Right to govern his own Family; He gave all Creatures their beings, and therefore hath a right to enact their Laws, appoint their stations, and fix their ends. 'Tis as much his property and prerogative to rule, as it is to create. Creation is so peculiarly proper to God, that it is not communicable to any Creature, no not to Angels, though of a vast Capacity ⟨p. 9⟩in other things, and that because they are Creatures themselves. 'Tis as impossible for one Creature or all to govern the World, and manage all the boysterous passions of men to just and glorious ends, as to create them. 'Tis true, God useth instruments in the executive part of his Providence; but he doth not design the Government of the world only by Instruments. He useth them not for necessity, but ornament. He Created the World without them, and therefore can Govern the World without them.
