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A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applied / by Geo. Swinnocke ...A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applyed / by Geo. Swinnocke ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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2. He worketh arbitrarily, according to his own will: He doth what he will, and he alone may do what he will. It is argued by many, that some Princes are not accountable for what they do to any Men, but all hold they are accountable to God. They are his Stewards and Deputies, and must give an account to him of their Stewardships. They are his Creatures, and are, or ought to be, limited by his Laws, and so must be responsible to him for their Carriages and Government. No King is absolute or arbitrary in his Governments, because all Kings are his Subjects, and owe Allegiance to His Majesty, and Obedience to his Commands: But God is absolute and arbitrary, and may do what he will do; every thing that he doth is just, because he doth it: He doth what he will in Heaven and Earth, and none can say unto him, ⟨p. 138⟩what dost thou? Dan. 4.35. He is responsible to none for any of his Actions; none may question him, much less quarrel with him for what he doth: Angels are far from being arbitrary, His will, not their own, is their Rule, Psal. 103.20. Ye Ministers of his, that do his Pleasure. He only that is above all Law, is above all Transgression, 1 John 4.3. And he whose will is the only Rule of Rectitude and Righteousness, may well do what he will, Rom. 12.2.
2. He worketh arbitrarily, according to his own will: He doth what he will, and he alone may do what he will. It is argued by many, that some Princes are not accountable for what they do to any Men, but all hold they are accountable to God. They are his Stewards and Deputies, and must give an account to him of their Stewardships. They are his Creatures, and are, or ought to be, limited by his Laws, and so must be responsible to him for their Carriages and Government. No King is absolute or arbitrary in his Governments, because all Kings are his Subjects, and owe Allegiance to His Majesty, and Obedience to his Commands: But God is absolute and arbitrary, and may do what he will do; every thing that he doth is just, because he doth it: He doth what he will in Heaven and Earth, and none can say unto him,