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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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Treatise › Chapter 7: God incomparable in his Attributes, in his Holiness and Wisdom.
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2. God is incomparable in his Wisdom (I shall not stand upon the critical distinctions which some give between Understanding, Prudence and Wisdom): Wisdom in general is a right understanding of things, and the ordering our selves and actions suitable to that understanding. It appears chiefly in these three acts: 1. In discerning the nature, causes, effects, contraries, and consequents of things, (of which we shall speak hereafter); and this we call Science. 2. In propounding the best, and highest, and noblest end to our selves, in our actions and undertakings; and this is called Understanding. 3. In suiting and fitting, and ordering the most proper means, as may be best for the attaining our ends; and this is called Prudence, which, as the Rudder of the Ship, steers, and directs and governs all. In all these respects God is incomparable in Wisdom: He is wise in heart, Job 9.4. i. e. most wise, for the heart is the seat of Wisdom. And to be foolish, and without an heart, is all one: Ephraim is a silly Dove, without an heart, Hos. 7.11. There are in God all the Treasures of Wisdom, Coloss. 1.19.
2. God is incomparable in his Wisdom (I shall not stand upon the critical distinctions which some give between Understanding, Prudence and Wisdom): Wisdom in general is a right understanding of things, and the ordering our selves and actions sutable to that understanding. It appears chiefly in these three acts: 1. In discerning the nature, causes, effects, contraries, and consequents of things, (of which we shall speak hereafter); and this we call Science. 2. In propounding the best, and highest, and noblest end to our selves, in our actions and undertakings; and this is called Ʋnderstanding. 3. In suiting and fitting, and ordering the most proper means, as may be best for the attaining our ends; and this is called Prudence, which, as the Rudder of the Ship, steers, and directs and governs all. In all these respects God is incomparable in Wisdom: He is wise in heart, Job 9.4. i. e. most wise, for the heart is the seat of Wisdom. And to be foolish, and without an heart, is all one: Ephraim is a silly Dove, without an heart,