A Body of Practical Divinity

Use 1. If God be a Spirit, then he is impassible; he is not capable of being hurt. Wicked Men may set up their Banners, and bend their Forces against God, they are said [Greek or Hebrew], to fight against God, Acts 5.39. But what will this fighting avail? what hurt can they do to the Deity? God is a Spirit, and therefore cannot receive any hurtful impression: wicked Men may imagine Evil against the Lord; Nahum. 1.9. What do ye imagine against the Lord? But God being a Spirit, is impenetrable. The wicked may Eclipse his Glory, but cannot touch his Essence. God can hurt his Enemies, but they cannot hurt him. Julian might throw up his Dagger into the Air against Heaven, but could not touch the Deity. God is a Spirit, invisible, how can the Wicked with all their Forces hurt him, when they cannot see him? Hence all the Attempts of the Wicked against God are foolish, and prove Abortive; Psal. 2.3, 4. The Kings of the Earth set themselves against the Lord, and against his Anointed. He that sits in the Heavens shall laugh. He is a Spirit, he can wound them, but they cannot touch him.

Use 1. If God be a Spirit, then he is impassible; he is not capable of being hurt. Wicked Men may set up their Banners, and bend their Forces against God, they are said 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to fight against God, Acts 5.39. But what will this fighting avail? what hurt can they do to the Deity? God is a Spirit, and therefore cannot receive any hurtful impression: wicked Men may imagine Evil against the Lord; Nahum. 1.9. What do ye imagine against the Lord? But God being a Spirit, is impenetrable. The wicked may Eclipse his Glory, but cannot touch his Essence. God can hurt his Enemies, but they cannot hurt him. Iulian might throw up his Dagger into the Air against Heaven, but could not touch the Deity. God is a Spirit, invisible, how can the Wicked with all their Forces hurt him, when they cannot see him? Hence all the Attempts of the Wicked against God are foolish, and prove Abortive;