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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 15 (Question 4 cont.)
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[2.] HE hath more than enough in him, for his Creatures. He only is sufficient in himself, that is able to maintain all his dependents, for whom by any right he stands engaged to provide. God is sufficient, as for himself, so for all beings that derive from, and wait upon him. Hence he assumes that title, Gen. 17.1. I am the Almighty God. Which word is thought to be derived of a root, that signifies a Breast. Especially he is sufficient for the happiness of his People; and that renders him an Object Adequate for our Faith. Here two things,
1. HE hath enough for them: sufficient to answer all their ends. He intends to make them happy, and he can do it throughly. There are two Metaphorical expressions, under which this truth is declared and evidenced. Psal. 84.11. The Lord God is a sun and shield.
(1.) HE is a Shield. His People are exposed to many Combats. & Dangers; which, notwithstanding their own strength, would be too hard for them: but he is able continually to defend and preserve them, that no evil shall befall them: a shield big enough to cover them, strong enough to secure them: it was never shot through. They enjoy perfect safety & security, that are sheltered under it. Psal. 91.1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
(1.) HE is a Shield. His People are exposed to many Combats. & Dangers; which, notwithstanding their own strength, would be too hard for them: but he is able continually to defend and preserve them, that no evil shall befal them: a shield big enough to cover them, strong enough to secure them: it was never shot through. They enjoy perfect safety & security, that are sheltred under it.