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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green and S. Kneeland for B. Eliot and D. Henchman, 1726
AN EXPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY's SHORTER CATECHISM: IN Two Hundred a… › Sermon 45 (Question 11 cont.)
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[1.] CONSERVATION is that Part of God's Providence whereby He upholds all things in the Hand of His Power. In the clearing of this Description take these Conclusions,
(1.) THERE must be a Conservation of the Creature by God. There is a Necessity of His Upholding all Second Beings; for if He did not hold them together, they would fall in pieces: If He did not bear up the World and all Beings in His Hand, they would Sink, and return to their Ancient Nothing. He is the alone Fountain of being; all the Being which the Creature hath, it received from Him, and it must be cont••ed by Him, it would else tire, give out, and never come at it Journey's End. The Influence of Providence, is the Maintenance of it's Being. This Part of God's Providence is by the Schools not unfitly called, God's Man••enency. It is His Hand underneath that holds it up; it depends upon Him for it's Continuance, Existence and Operation. The bare Cessation of Divine Providence, respecting the Creature, without any other Operation, would reduce every Second Being again unto Nothing: If God puts His Hand from under, it falls and sinks. Psal. 104.29. Thou •idest thy face, they are troubled; thou take• away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Job 10.12. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
(1.) THERE must be a Conservation of the Creature by God. There is a Necessity of His Upholding all Second Beings; for if He did not hold them together, they would fall in pieces: If He did not bear up the World and all Beings in His Hand, they would Sink, and return to their Ancient Nothing. He is the alone Fountain of being; all the Being which the Creature hath, it received from Him, and it must be conted by Him, it would else tire, give out, and never come at it Journey's End. The Influence of Providence, is the Maintenance of it's Being. This Part of God's Providence is by the Schools not unfitly call'd, God's Manenency. It is His Hand underneath that holds it up; it depends upon Him for it's Continuance, Existence and Operation. The bare Cessation of Divine Providence, respecting the Creature, without any other Operation, would reduce every Second Being again unto Nothing: If God puts His Hand from under, it falls and sinks.