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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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The Lordship of God is of himself, not by occupation, as a Title of Property, arising from a thing found without an owner; nor by Donation, Succession, Purchase, or Conquest, as created Lordships are. All created Jurisdiction descendeth from this absolute Lordship of God. The Jurisdiction that Christ as man received from God is universal over all the creatures respectively, Matth. 28.18. The Jurisdiction of other men is limited according to the several objects thereof: whether Ecclesiastical, where their Authority and Office is immediately received from Christ though the designation of such persons to such offices be by the call of men. Or civil, whether natural, as parent, and child: Or voluntary, as Magistrate, and Subject.
4. Benignity is God willing freely to communicate his grace and goodness unto his creatures proportionably to their several capacities, Exod. 33.19. Matth. 5.45. Psal. 33.5.
Goodness according to some, admits of a three-fold Consideration: Of Nature, which is called perfection. Of Manners, called holiness. Of Beneficence, id est, a disposition to do good to others;1 this is properly called Benignity: Thou art good, and doest good, Psal. 119.68. Goodness is either essential, or by participation. God is essentially good: he is good of himself, he is goodness it self: the creature is good by participation, i. e. by a goodness received of God. The Sun, if compared with other creatures, you may say (in that respect) it hath light of it self, but the Moon and Stars are light by participation: that is, they receive their light from