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God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity
God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity; with their special interest in abiding with Him. A sermon, preached to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster, Octob. 30. 1656. A day of solemn humiliation. / By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel. Printed by Order of Parliament.God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity; with their speciall interest in abiding with Him. A sermon, preached to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster, Octob. 30. 1656. A day of solemn humiliation. / By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel. Printed by Order of Parliament.
London: printed by R.N. for Philemon Stephens, 1656
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First, he may be said to be with them in respect 1of the omnipresence of his Essence; so he is naturally, and necessarily present with all creatures; indistant from them, present with them. The ubiquity and immensity of his Essence, will not allow that he should be distant from any thing to which he hath given a being. The heavens, even the heaven of heavens cannot contain him. 1 Kings 8. 27. Doth he not fill heaven and earth? Is he a God at hand only, and not afar off, as to the ends of the Earth? This presence of God with all things David emphatically declares. Psal. 139. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. But it is not that, that is here intended: that is universal to all Creatures, ⟨p. 5⟩natural, and necessary, this especial to some, voluntary, and of mercy; that of nature and essence, this of Will and Operation.
First, he may be said to be with them in respect 1of the omnipresence of his Essence; so he is naturally, and necessarily present with all creatures; indistant from them, present with them. The ubiquity and immensity of his Essence, will not allow that he should be distant from any thing to which he hath given a beeing. The heavens, even the heaven of heavens cannot contain him. 1 Kings 8. 27. Doth he not fill heaven and earth? Is he a God at hand only, and not afar off, as to the ends of the Earth? This presence of God with all things David emphatically declares. Psal. 139. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. But it is not that, that is here intended: that is universal to all Creatures, ⟨p. 5⟩natural, and necessary, this especial to some, voluntary, and of mercy; that of nature and essence, this of Will and Operation.
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