'fT^M 1 ^ i^'^^^S 'i' kivr^^ (^- ^O^^^ ^t:3^^^'^ :M- r1 y^ 4< Tlic Pourtracturc afthcK^vcrcnd and worthy Minijtcr of God> William Ames D.D.Jom^ time of Christs CoUcd^c in Canibnclgc. ^-fni TrofisorofjDivinitj in the Tamo us VnivcrJxW of Traneker in f rieilancl . \ v,\\i'M.:fhckfi^s.t, \ J^rihtsn fjy LihnJlst^i-:!l Trt "rauU: C A./.r;A MARR'G OF SAO R"E D . DIVfNiTY, DRAVVNE CW't pPffHE holy Scriptures.and the Interpreters thereof^ and brought^into Method. B rr William Am e s :,' fqaittimc DIdor. aod profciTor of Divinity in the famous Umv«r- fity ditFramk^n in Frhjlmd* Tranflated out of the l^tine , for the benefit of fuch who are not acquairttgd with ftrange Tongues. Whereunto are annexes eertaine Tables reprelentiiig the fubftance and heads dfa#*in ^ fhoa^view;^re<:/mg to the Chapters whetc they ai4 bMclicci^As alio a table ^ opening theharcTwords there^pcomiined. A Worfce ufcfull for this Scaicn. ^ ; 1 fc'^o R. 14.26. when yce come topther^e^erj me hath a. f falm*^ hath ^ Vo^rm^ath . To/i£u^^ hath a Revelation ^ hath an Inttrp^etation. I c ■" ' -::es h J.oneHntoedtfjing. V ' . "^^^ ■ ^ . . 1-^ . '' ' -. — ■:rn — ^ Pubrfhcd by order ftom thf Honorable the Hoti^'e ofCV^rntroni?^* "^ LONDON, 7^3^ Primed by EdwardGrijfiH ior Henry Overton ia^OTes-Hcad*al|y / A Briefe Premonition, or forewar- ning of the A uthor,touching^ the rcaion of his purpofe. ALthoughldocnot aflumcthis to my fclfc, to co0:iprchend in my mindc all the thoughts of cvill ipeakcrs,yct I forefee divers ex- ceptions which this my endcavour(proccediog certainly from a very good intent) Trofeculi £f»/ pa(Te that tWOjOr thrceor fo, may fall upon this o ; ours, who may here find fomething more fit toin- ftruift^and flir them up topiecy^then they have obfcrved in the more leafned writings of o- The Amhoi thcrs? which conjedure if it doe not faile me, I K Vo^ fhall think 1 have done a work wortiithe labor. '°J^^_ |""J!y 1 cannot but cxped to be blamed of obfcuri- '^'"§ '^-"^^ ty of thole that are not fo skilful^whom I delire fcure, the M ' that they would learne of Cyrus ^l^adiomm w; to'appiy him * Siapttnii Utis luminihus non tarn effefuayies^thSLt whfch is moj ^is^ThediffuledbrigbtnefTe of the beames of ^gf ^\ ;;;j^'^jjj * the Sums not fo pleafant in iar^e windowes; '^eMi bei • I S-vii*i II !• not to read certainly a conrracted light , although it may vaine; And feem fmall^yet it doth more en lighten (if a man venlhl S come neere and obierve3then that which is^as pf^t!" m^jtl it v/ere difperfed, by too much enlargement, ""j^ eaik^ai ThedrinefTcoftheilyle, and hartfenefTcortionveiypid ' /- frint. loiTie ua J fome words will be much blamed by the fame perlons.But I doe profcr to excrcife my (elfc in that facrefie , that when it is my purpofc to Teach^ I thinke I fhould not fay that in two words which may be laid in one 5 and that that key is to be chofen which doih open befl^ al- though it be of wood, if there be not a golden key of the fame efficacy. Laflly, if there be any who defire to have fome pradicall things, elpecially in the latter peart of this^V/^r-r^^B^jmore largly explained, we fhall indeavour to fatisfie them hereafter (if God give leave) in a particular Trcatile, which at this time we have an aflPedion to, touching ivhichsnowqucflions which arc ufually called *calcs of cunt in Latin ^_.f^:^_ ,p f 'iiniiKed ^ f there beany who doe yet find fault with, it3 the Au or defir.- other things,! would in treat them,that -ojuc/"*^ tht^y would vouchfafe candidly to impart to nic the ir thoughts , which m y afford dettfed" . matter for a jLift apology, or due amendment. THE jFIRS T BOOK DIVINITY, The firft Chapter. of the Definition^ or Nature of Divinity. Ivinity h the doSrine of living . to Gi)d, lohn 6.6%. The words of eternal! life, /^f?/ 520. The words of this life, Rem. 6.11. Reckon j&ur [elves to be alive unto God. 3. It is called a dodii ine , not as if the namcoflnteHigcncc, Science, Sapience Art, or Prudence were not hereto belong- ing ; for all thefc arc in every accurate Difcipline, and efpe- cially in Divinity : but becaufc this difcipline is not from Natnreand humane invention , * ( as others are ) but from di- vme revelation and inftitution. /Agr 51. 4. Doftrine flball proceed from me, Mat.ii.i^, From Heaven : why did you not then believe him ? John §.29. we know that God fpakc toc^y?/, gaKiai^i2. The Cofpell is not according to _B jnaiii f The Nature of Divinity^ man i lor neither (ill I receive it from man » neither wait taught ic^buc by rt.ev i!ation,M« 645. 3« The principles of other Arts being inbred in us may be f&HJheddHd brought to ferfiUion^ by ftnfc , obfcrvation, ex- pcrience^ and itrauAion : but the foUd principles of Divinity hew ever they may be brought to ferfeUion bjftudj md mdujirj^ yet they are not in Hs from Nature^ Mat. iS^ij. flefh and biood hath not revealed this unto thee. 4. But feeing every Art confifts ef rules, whereby Ibme A£t of the Creature is direfted , and feeing life is the moil nobkof ail afts^itf that i& DivirfKy) cannot properly be con^- veriilBt akoui any other thing then about lifc 5/ And leeing that, that lifeot the Creature is moftper- fefi:, which comes necrcft to the living, and lifcgiviugGod, therefore the nature of Divlnity4ite is toliveto God* 6. M«h live tj» God whcnilieyrHre, accardinptothe#ill of God| to the glorji of tGroH , God inwardly working in them^ I Tfr.4.2.6 tfeat hemightlive after the will of God y according to God. 6W. 2.1^.2^ 1 hat I may l-ve to God^ * Chriftiivcsinme. 2 (^or 4.10. that that life of Jefiis might be manlfcft in our bodies 7^ W. i, ^a Chrki fliali be magnified in my body^whctherby life or death. 7* This life , as touching itselfenceremainesoneandthe (ame, frowits beginning UJtto eternity. Johni^,^6. Sc 'y •24. He that believeth in the Sonne hath eternall life^i John 3.15. Life eternall remaining in him* 8» But although in this life there is contained as well to live happily as to live well, yet fv(t^,^ to live well, is more excellent then Ivtfai^mv ^ to Iwe happily ; and tTiafwhicfi ought cheifly and finally to berefpcftcd is not blefledneflc, which refpefts our profit 5 but goodnefle , which is referred to Gods glory. Therefore Divinity is better defined by that goodlife whereby we live to God, then by a bleflcd life whereby we live to our fclves ; as it is called of the Apoftic A figtirc ccm- by a Synecdochf, The doftrine according to God lives^i taining part Tim*6 Sj^ for fhc whole. ^^ Moreoverfteiiigthislifefi afpiritnallaftofthewholc man , whereby he i^ caried on to enjoy Cod 5 and to doc ac- C(»^dingft>biswill9 and it is manifeft that thole things are proper The ffatwre of Divinity. proper to the will , it followcs that the prime and proper (tib- jcftof Divinity is the will. Tre. 4, 2 3. From the heart commeth aftions of life. And 2 ^.26,Givc me thy hearu 10. But feeing this life and will is truly and properly our molt pcrfcft praftife 5 It isoifitfelfemanifeft, that Divinity is prafticall^and not a (peculacive difcipline, notonely in that common refpe^ 5 whereby other difciplines have their iuTTf^cilU^ well doing for their end , but it is prafticall in a pf- cuh'ar and fpeciall manner and above all other. 1 1. Neither indeed is there any thing in Divinity which is not referred to the latt end 5 or to the meanes pertaining to that end : all of which kind doe direftly tend to Pcad:i(e« 12. This praftife of life is fo perfeftly contained fti Divi- nity , that there is no precept unhrer(aily tnic penaining to living well, contained in the difciplines of hoofhold govern- Dient,moraltty,politicall government or maidngLaweS|Which doth not properly pcrtaine to Divinity. 1 2. Divinity therefore is of all Arts , the (upreame^ moS noble , and the mafter peece^proceeding in a fpeciall manner from God, treating of God, ^ divine wu^ers ^ and tending and leading man to God , in Which refpeA it may be not un« fidy called 02«^J/rf, or 8««/»>»*,as well as e*oAoy;<*, that it a living to God, or a working to God , aswellasafpcaking ofOod. -»i>^ Chapter II. Of the T)iFlribHtimiorf0rts of Divinity. %• TT Here are two parts of Divinity, Faith and obfcrvancf . j| 2Tifn.\*i^. Hold the expreuc forme of wholefbmf words which thou haft heard of mee with faith and love* I Tm.u\9. Having faith and agoodconfcicnCcP/iA 37 .5. Troft in the Lord and doe good. Of thoft parts did the Di- vinicy ofP^ulconM^ft/iSs 24. 1 4,15, 16. I believe all things that are written, and have hope in God rIexercUcmyfclfe to have a confcience void of o&nce : the (aae were the parts B 2 of -^ The kaiure of Divim^l fehov.^^ ": w like before iX\z co irmjiUy ani be perfed*. The laai^ diChQIiriii rv^q.iircof his Difciples, when befides faith he requires that they oblervc all things that he hath comman- ded, cJ^f /^28.2 0. ' The fame doth F^ii//handle,in the Eprft, totht Ramans ^ wherein tis mmifcft that the fummc of Divi- nity is contained. Finally, he would that the fame fliould be Uiight in the Churches jr/r.5 8 . thefe things I will that thoa affi- me^that they that have believed God, might be carcfuli to goe^ before in well doing. i* A property of tbisdiftribution ( which is required in a gequine diftribution of every art ) is, that it flowes from the nature of the objed. For feeing the beginning and fiiU aft of fpiritiiilllife, (whichis the proper objeft ot Divinity J is faith , and the fecond aft or operation flowing from that principle is obiervanccat ncceffarily followes that thofttwo' are the genuine parts of Divinity, neither is there any other to be fought for^, • ^ : ! . 7>^' • ' i^ : *^i ^ :: g. In the old Tcftamcnt ( fitly for that rcgallandfervilc' ^cftate /Divinity feemes fometimc to be divided into the fearc of Goiand obfervingof hisGommandcments^acGordingto that Ecclef^ 12.15. The fumme of all is, feare God, and keepc hisConiraandements , for this is the, whole duty of man. But by a metonymie faith[is included on the former pattjas appeares out of Prr.3.5.7. Truft in the Lord with all thine hcart.fearc the Lord.and depart from evill. 4.Thefe two parrs in ufc indeed and cxercifc arcalwayes joyned together : yet in nature and precepts thcnaosjJiftjflr guiihed. 5. Theyarealfofbdiftinguifhcdih order of nature, that faith holds the firft place ^ and fpirituall obedience the lat- terifor there can be no vitall aftions brought forth^unleffe a 4^nciple of life be firft begotten within* CapJU. ^> Of Faith CFf APT EP ^H- Gf Faick I T^ Aith IS a reding of the lieart on God, as on the author JT oflifeandccernallfalvation : thatistofay that by him we may be freed from all evill , and obtabe all good^ £"/>. i c. 2o.Let him leaneupon lehova the holy one oi Ifradin Faith. PfaL^j.'y. Rolle thy W3iy upon Iehova^^ndrvi\& in him^ lere. i/.y^Blcfled is the manwhotruftcthin /^/^^z^i^j and whofe confidence Iehova\u . * 2. To believe commonly fignities an a(!l: of theunderfhmd- in^ yeelding ajfent to teftimony : bat becaufc the will is wont to be moved thereupon , and to ftrctch forth it felfe to em- ^ brace the good lb .^Jlowedy therefore Faith doth aptly enough fee forth this aft of the will alio, in which manner it is ncccflarily underilood in this place. For it is a receiving ^ lohn i.i2.As many as received him— r— who believe^ 3,^ Hence Faith is caried unto that gooi vmich hjit isntAie ours ^ is an aftof ele^^ion, ana6tofthe wholcman, which things doe in no wife agree to an aft of the underftand- ing. John 6,35. He that commcth to mc;— he that believeth in mce. 4.Therefarealthough Faith alwayes perfuppoft a know* 4cd§sjof the GofpclKvet there is no fa ving knowledge in any 5 ( a.n(i which dff'.rs from that which is found in feme that (hall notbe laved) but what followes this aft of the wilJ, and depends upon it. lohn 7. 1 7.85 8.3 1.^2.1 John 23. 5. Thit truly Ghriftian Faith which hath place in the un- derttanding doth alwayes Icane upon a Diyine teftimony, as it is Divine :yet this teftimony cannot he received without a pious affeftionof the will towards Go d. Ii>hri 3* 3 3« H£that rc ceiv^h his teftimony^hath fcalcd th at God istr ue,gg^?w. 4* I ^EoTHe was ftrengthcncd in Faith,giving glory to God. k,. .61 N^idjcr yet becauleitis'gronnded only upon ateftimo- ny^is it the more uncertainc and doubtful! : h:;tmorec^tainc of Faiths in its own nature then any humare fcienc^ bcciuft it iscarled to its objcft undcra fonnall refpcft of infallibility r'ahhough by rcafon of the impcrfc&ion of the habit tvhencc Faith flowes^thcaflentofFojichiathisor that (iibjeft oft-times ap- p^ares weaker then the alTcnc of fciencc. 7. Now God istheobjeftof Faith^not as he is confidered inhimfelfej but as weby himioe llvetvell. 1 Tsm.^ lO. Wc hope in the living God, who is the prcfervcr of all men, es- pecially of thofe that belie ve» 8. Chrift as Redeemer is the mediate objed: of Faith ^ but not the higheft,for we believe in God through Chrift. Rem. d. ii«to live to God by Chrift 2 Cor.^.^we have truft through Chrift to God-W£rd 1 Per. 1. 21. Through him believing in God. 9. The fentences in the Scriptures or promifes^doe containe and prefcnt an ob jcft of Faith , and they are called the objeft of Faith by a Metonymy of the adjunB. The good which is propounded to be ootained > as it is (tich^is the end and effe£t< of Faith, not properly the objcft it (clfe* But that , upon whole power we reft , in the obtaining of that good,is the proper objcft of Faith,! Or.i.23.Wc preach Chrift, and 2.%. I determined to know nothing among you but Jefus Chrift,2 Cor. 5.19. God in Chrift* 10. With this Divine Faith ^ which lookcih to the will of God and our own falvation, we muft not fimply believeany man^but God above, Rom.y^.^\zvy man is a lyar. i ^orA^. that your faith conjifi not in the wifdorae of men. I r^Thereforc the Authority of God is the proper an^ jm- mediate ground of all truth in this manner to be believed : whence is that (blemne (peech of the Prophets every where , the Word of the Lord* Thus faith the Lord. 12* Hence, the laft refolution of Faith as it fes forth a thing to be believed , is into the authority of God , or Divine revc- Iatio^.2 Pet. 1. 20.21 . If ye firft know this^that no prophcty of Scripture is of private interpretation, &c. John 2.29 We know that God (pake to AUfes ^ As the laft refolution of it as it notes the aft ofbelieving,i9 into the operation^ andinwaid pcrlwafion of the Holy Spirit,i C^.tX^ 1 1. That none can call Jcfus Lord,bi]t by the Holy Spirit. of Fdth. ijr This Faitb whereby wc believe not only a God >|. or giTecrcdittoGodj bat belicYe in God, is true and proper confidence : not as by this word is (et forth acertaineand abfolnte perfwafion of good to come, but as ir frgnifies chu- finp and apprehending oFa (iifficientgand fit meanes, and fuch is^hcrein fuch a per^afion, and expectation is founded. In which fence men a^faid to put confidence in their wi(domc, f owefj friends and richcf . 7*/^ 78. 3i. They believed not in God nor truftcd in his Hilvation. 14. This is every where dedarwl in tho(e phrafes of Scrip* turc, wherein the true nature of folid Faith is unfolded, h'^yj^'VS'toleanHnott^asIfaj 10. ao, and h)A "\y^^ "^ro. 5. 5. & a^5?M? /^•50-!ah«:i Pr^. J.5. If. %0.\o. i^O T/^/. 71.^ 7r/rfji7.j.. ... i|. This fu^Cieugy pi God 15 the firft ground or rcafon ofoprFgUhwhy we belijBVciivhiriijZ'f^. because he is able to giveuslife.iff God is declared in his name Jehova* Now bec^iife the Efe/jcc of Qod is (iich 5 hence it. ^ follower. 15. Ei^fl•^thatGQdi5one5andonlyonc.Z?m^tf 4. iTrn^ 2.^.8'ph.^»6.\ C^r.^,'^.6. Marks i2.'^2.R0m.^.2p,^o. .. , i I ^.Secondly 5 that Godis of himlclfc, that is^rieichct from another,nor of another,nor by another^nor for another, ^ r7.Thirdly5fitiaIly hence it is that he is voyd of that power which is called paffive , hence he is unchangeable. Tfa.ioi. 27«28, thou Fcmainefl ; thou art the fame. Rowans u xy the glory of the Incorruptible God. lames 1. 17^ With whom there is no variablcnefle , nor fliadow of turi^n^^^^^pr changing^ 18. Now bccauft this €{[ertce cannot be fufficiently com* prehendcd of us by one Aft it is explicated of us as if it were manrfoldj namely by many attiibutes/ ip.They ^re called attributes^ becaufe they sre rather (^id to be attributed to God, then properly to be iahim , if they be taken as the words found, 20.Tbe(e attributes in God, arconc naoft purc^ and fimple aft. Hence the nature of the Divine attrifcittcs^ may be right- ly explained b; thefe propofitions as fo many C(?^^ff^/^>, Eir/}.. Of<^od^andhisBJfeHce^ |^ 2 1. Fir ft all the attributes of God are truly fpokcn of God, as weii ih the abltraft as in the concrete. i'a. Secondlyjthofe attributes; which arc in a fort common to God with the Creatures , doe in their fubftance belong to God in the firft place, to the Creatures (econdarily ; although the names arc transfcrd from the Creatures to God , ana fb doe fir(t agree to the Creatures. 23-rhirdly,thc Divine attributes doe admit no inward in* tention^extention^remiflTion orimparity. 24.FourthIy5 the Divine attributes are not contrary one to another, but doe very well agree together. 2 5. Fifthly, all Divine attributes are as it were Divineper- feftions:yetfbasthat all imperfcvSion, which accompanies liich a property in the Creature^ is to be removed inthisap* plication of it to God , and the perfe6licn thereof i.s to be conceived with grcateft eminency. 26. Sixthly, Divine attributes are in God^not only virtually, and by way of eminency, but alfo formally, although not 7 in that manner, that quditics, are in the CreatureF. 27.Seventhly,theyareinGadas in a fecond Ejfence , be- caufe they are not of the foritlall rcafon of the Divine Sffeuce^ for we conceive God to be 3 before we can conceive him to be juftjand good. aS.Eighthlyjtheyarcdiftinguifliedj fromthcjE/^^^f^, and Ratmerathci-^ among thera(elves,not only in reafon ( as they fay) re.^foning^ nme^ rmom hut alfo reafonrea/(?ned, (6 that the foundation of the diftin- R^tiocinau* ftionisin Godhimfelfe. * ' ^g^Ninthly, thofe attributes , which in their formall ref- ^pcEFTinclude fomething proper to the Divine Effence^ are altogether incommunicable: as Omnipotencyj Immenfity, Eternity, and fuch like. 30. Tcnthly, thofe that are faid to b^ communicated to the Creatures 5 doe agree to them by likeneffe , not altogether in thefamemanneras they are in God: neither yet altogether 51. The attributes of God fet forth. What God is, and 32* What God is , none can perfedly define, but that hath the Logickc of God himfelfe. But an impcrfeft C « dit 12 Of ffid dud Us Efencei dcfcription which commeth nccrcft to unfold Goda na« tare , and naay bee conceived of us , is (uch as this. 35, Gcdfs a Spirit having life in himfelfe. lohn 4;24> God is a (pirit, md (^hap, 5.2(5* The Father hath life in him^ felfc. 34. He is ealld ^SjHrir. i. Negatively , bccaufe he is not a body.2. Analogically jor by a certainelikenefle, bccaufe there are many perfeftions in fpirituall (ubllances which doe more ftiadow forth the Divine natare^then any bodily thingcan- 35. Heisfaidto be Living, i. Becauft God doth mod efpecially workeofhimfelfc, not being moved by another^ 2. Becaufe the vitall aftion of God is his very Ejfcncc. 3. Bc- caufe he is the Fountaine of all being 9 and vitall operation V toother livirkg things. AEis 17,25.2 8. He giveth to alUifcjand breathjand aH things:in him welive^movCj and be. 36. He is (aid to live in himfelfe^ becaufe he receiveth nci*- thftr beihgnor-lifejfrom any^ in any part. 37* Hence, the chicfe title of God whereby he is diftingui- ftied from all IdollSjiSjthat he is the living God. Deut. 32. 40«\ PjQ/.84.23.A?r.5,2. 38. Hence our Faith feeking eternall life ^ dodi reft in God aloui 5 becaule God is the Fountaine of all life. John 5.26. ^ 3P. Who God is^thofc properties doe fet forth to us whcr- by he is diftinguiflied from all other things. 40. Now thofe Divine properties doe (hcw^How great God island what an one he is. 41. Under the motion of Quantity he is faid to be^ i. One. 2. Infinite. Firft^inwardly.becaufe he is unmcafurableT^'." condly^qutwardly as he U incomprchenfible.3,he is faid to be eternall. 42. He h (aid to be One , not in kinde , but in that moft pcrfcftunity^which in the Creatures, is wont to be called numerically and individualL 43* God is infinite , as he is void of all bounds of his Effence.' Pfai 1 39,8. If I clime up to Hcaven^tfaou art there : or make my bed in the Grave, behold thou art there. w \.^^'p^ is unmeafiirable , as he h void of all nutter of dimenfion ormcafure.iX/;;^,8,a7.The Heavens, and Heavens of of Gad and hit E fence. 1 3 of heavens doe not containe thee. T/i^d.i* Heaven is my throne. Earth my foote-ftoole. 45. Hence Faith doth looke for no certaine meaftre of bleffcdnefle , to be communicated from God, but unmeafu- rabk glory. 46. God is incomprehenfiblejbecaufe he is void of any bounds to compafle hin% 47. Hence he is prefent every where ^becaufe there is no place whence he is excluded ^ neither is hee included any where. 48. God is alfo eternall , becaufe without beginning and 49.H^nce it is^that our Faith doth apprehend ctcrnalllife in Ged* 50. What an one God is thole properties doc fet forth by which he is faid to worke : unto thefe now ought to be at- tributed all the properties o(Efe»cf^2Lnd quantity^ fimplicityj immutabilityjeternityj and immenfity. /* 51. Thefe qualities are conceived either under the reafon of faculties or elfe of vertucS , by which thofe faculties are adorned. 52.The faculties are underftandtng and will, whence Faith doth le.ine upon him^who knowcs what is needfull for us^and is willing alfo to fupply it. 53.The underftanding of God is firaple without any com^ pofition^difcourft or reprc(entation offhapeSoH^^.4,13, AH things are naked and open to his eyes. 54»Theunderftandingof God is unchangeable ;hc knowes /'tiurutrrcrwifejnor more one thing then another , nor more before then now^ or now then before. %A£ls 15. i8, known io the Lord are all his workes, from before all ages. 55. Tke underftanding of God iseternall : it neither be- ginneth nor endeth^ 7^/V. 55. The underftanding of God is Tnfihite, becauQ he perceiveth all truths , and reafons of all things, ^^l^ i lo 8, 9. The Wifdorae of God is higher then the Heavens j longer then the Earth : deeper then the Sea. F/^/. I39- ^« thy knowledge is more wonderfull then^that; I cm con* ^ ceivc it. G 3- 5;^The- !4 Of Gods fuhjifitnce^ 57#The fame way alfoth^ nature of the Divine will ought to be conceived of us. 58. The will of God is fingle and only one in God. 5 9. The will of God is unchangeable : becaufe he alwaycs wilkth therame^and in the famemanner.P/. 3 j.ii.The counfcU of the Lord remaincth for ever. 60. The will of God is ctcrnall ; becauft hec doth not begin to will what before he would not 5 nor ceafeth to will that which before hee willed. CM^l^ch* 3* 6, I Jehova change not. 6 r. The will of God may be faid to be infinite : becaufe ic hath no outward limitation. ^ 62. The affeftions which are given to God in Scripture^as I love,hatredgand the like,doe either fet forth afts of the willjOr doe agree to God only figuratively. 63. A vertue is the perfeftion of the underftanding and Will 5 fuch as is wifdome , holineflc , and the like in God. 64. Virtue is attributed toGodjasitnotesafcadinefJeofSr doing: not under the refpeft of an habit diftinft from faculty and aft. 65. But the vcrtues which in man 5 arifc from occafion of finne and imperfeftiangdoe not agree to God^as humility. chaftity^fliamefaftneSjand the like. • 66. Out of all thefe attributes^that perfcftion of God doth refultj whereby hee is called bleflfedt i 7/«r. r. u, and 6. 15, 67. Hence our Faith hath a firme foundation , bccauftit leanethonGodthe poffeflbr and author of all pef feftfufr ', - blcffcd nejfle and glory . Chapter V. of the Snhfifience of God. !• "TpHe Subfiftence of God is thaC one EffcncCj as it is with jL its perfonall properties. ''. 2. The Of ihepbfidence of God. 1 5 2. The (ame cflencc is common to three fubCiicnccs , and as touching the Deity, every fubfiftence is of it ielfe. I* Nothing morcoveris attributed to the Eflerxe, which Qi/c?/d c^mi^ Hiay not be attributed Co every fubliftence in regard of the ^'^^. EfTence of it# 4 But thofe things that are attributed properly to every Tub- ^^odftibfifie-fj^ fiftcnce in regard of its (ubiiftence^ cannot be attributed to the ^^'^^^^ Effcnce. 5# The fubfifteoces are dlftinguifhcd from the EflcQceg as the manners of fublifting growing togctncr with the (ame Eflcnce are diftinguifhcd from the fame abfolutely ccn^ fidcred. oM -! ' d.They are diftinguifhcd among themfelves , as Kelatlves by certaine relative properties ; fo as one cannot be another j yet they are together in nature, neither can they be faid to be former^ orlattcr jbut in order of bcginningj and manner of iubfifting* , -.'''■■- ; ' ^ > _ . 7. But feeing thdie relative properties are, as itwcreiridi-'^^^^;wto^ei /^viduating in an Eflence that Jives fpiritually and moft per- ^^^^/^^^^^'^^ ^ fcftlyt therefore thofe (ubfiftcnccs arc rightly called perfons. imMti(^^^ * 8. Now thcfc^properties are not inherent qualities^ but re- lath^eaflfeftianSj .lanfo which agrees^ all that perfediori, which is found in the like afFeft ions of the Creaturcj but no impcr* feftion agrccth to them, p.Hencetis that a relative property in God doth make or infer a pcrfon , which in the Creatures hath not the fame rcafon. iG.Thofe&bfiftences arc either breathing^ asFather^ ^^^ spirantes fpinfti^ "Sonne 5 or breathed, as the Holy Spirit. 1 1 • To breath , or fend forth is a relation , not fuch as by Emittere. it fclfc can make a perfbn , but common to two perfons. 12. The relative property of the Father is to beget. Pfal. 2.7, ThoH art 7nj Sonne, this day I begot thee. Iohn'>^^ l6» the only begotten Sonne. 'Heb^ 1 /6. The firft begotten. Hence he isthefirftinOrder. 13. The relative property of the Sonne is to be begotten, that i^ 5 To to proccede from the Father, that he is partaker of the fame Eflence , and doth perfeftly refemble his nature: and hence, he is the fecond in order, Hf ^. 1.3. The bright- neflc: J jg of the fubfifieHce of&od. ncffe of his glory , and the Charadler of his Pcr- fon. 14. The property of the holy Ghoft , is to be breathed, or fcnt forthj and proceede both from the Father , and the Sonne. fohrt.\'^.26NW\\ovnlvJi\l fend to yon from the Fa- ther, that fpirit of* truth who proceeds from the Father, Komans 8. 9. The fpiric of Chriit. gaL^. 6. The fpirit of the Sonne. 15. The difference betwcene (thefetwo^tobebegotten^ v/hlch agrees to the Sonne, and to proceed, which is proper to the holy Ghoft ^ cannot be explained by us in proper wordSj but that the Sonne proceeds from the Father alone, 3nd the holy Ghoft from the Father and the Sonne , ma- king Gae xelative together ^ .Or making together one re- lation« 16. Yet it may 5 in part , befliadowed out in a fimilitude ; namely the father is as it were, ^eus intelUgens Godundej> ftanding : the Sonne the expreflc Image of the Fatber,is as it were DeHsintelleBtUyGoA underftood; the holy Spirit flow^ > ing and breathed from the Father by the Sonne, is as it wer« l^em <6/rffi«,God beloved. The Sonne is produced as it v/ere by an aft of un- derftanding or fpeaking, from the tmderftanding, or fruit- full memory of the Father: the holy Spirit is produced by an aft ofloving or breathing from the fruitful! will of the Fa- ther and the Sonne. Hence the Sonne is called the word, V Vifdomcjlmage, which are not affirmed of the holy Ghoft* But bccaufe in the Creatures there is found the generati^_of a fonne , but there is not any thing found which dotnlotra- mediately proceed from two equally perfeft ( as the holy Spirit proceedeth from the Father , and the Sonne ) there- fore theprocelTionof the Sonne is properly defigned, no- ted 3 or fee dow/ie in Scripture: but neither is a fpeciall manner of proceeding ^ norfpeciall name abfolutly proper given to the thirdperfon. For it is truly (aid of the Fa- ther and the Sonne, that they arc fpiriis, and holy, and the Sonne alfo proceedeth from the Father by fpirituall gene ration. 1 7- ThepjropernamcofGod, with his proper titles, is given OfGodandhuEjfence. I7 given in Scripture, not oncly to the Fathcr^biUaKbtothc Sonne. /^r 2 f. 6. ftbova out righteourncfic, loh» 1. i. T^he Word was Goc^« Ror^.p. ^. God blcfTed forever, i lim.^, 16. Godmanifcft inthcflcfli, /ff'z. 17,14. LordefLords^and King of Kingf, It is alfo given to the holy Spirit, e^^// 5, 354« thatthoulhouldeftly to the holy Spirit, thou haft HcxT untoGbdv ^<^/28. 25. with I/^j 6.^. lehova faidj the holy Ghoft fpake.i Cor,^. i6.ic 6, 19.2 Con6^i6. the Temple of Godjthc Temple of the fpirit. iS.Divine attributes are affirmed not only of the Fathcr^but alfo of the Son^I/ajf p.^.The moft mightyQod.Fathcr of eter- nity. M/^ 2.2 5.He knew what was in man^andj. 1 3. The fon ofmanisin Heaven 3 and 8.38. Before Ahahamvf asI am. In like manner alfo of the holy Spirit,P/,r jj.j. Whither fluU I fly from thy (pirit.i €0.2,1 o.The fpirit fcarchcth al things, even the dcepe things of God* HeL^.i^ the ctcrnall fpirit. I p. The proper operations of God , are attributed not only to the Fathcr,but alfo to the Sonne , and the holy (pi- ^it. £/^fliV;f is attributed to the Sonne, LMat. 24. 31. His elcftj and the eternall counfell of God is attributed to the holy Ghoft. //^jr 40.13. Who hath waighedthe ipiritofthe ^Lord as the man of his counfell^ Creation is attributed to the Sonne^Iohn i.3. All things were made by himiand without him was made nothing that was made: Alfo it is attributed to the holy Spirit ^ P/ii/.33.6.By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made , and all the ftrength of them by the breath of his mouth. Upholdingjfc governing of things created is at- tributed to the A^onnCj Heb, 1.3. Who upholdeth all things by t_har bis mighty Word, Alfo they are attributed to the holy ^piri^G^^^. i,2.The fpirit did move upon the face of ths waters. Zech.4.6. By my i^pirit faith the Lord of Hofts: Proper power of doing miracles is given to the *yon.-^S.4.ic. Through the name of Jcfus Chrift , he ftandeth before you wholej,& 9.34. Jefos Chrift healeth thce.Its alfo given to the holy »?pirit, €>/(3/2.4. They began to fpcake with tongues^ as the fpirit gave them utterance. The communicating of fpiritualUife, and ofall grace, in vocation, juftification, ad- option, fanftificttioo , and glorification , is every where given as well to the iJonne and holy i'piritas tothcFather, ^ D the f i OfGod^ andhk Ejfence^ theordaining,fending,and bleffing of Ecclcfiafticall Miniftcry is given to the .?onne, Efh. 4.8. 11. He gave giftSjhe gave fomc Apoftles , &c. Andto the holy Ghoft, iCor. 12. ii. All thefe v^orketh one and the fame fpirit. A^s 20.28. Tm holy .Jpirit hath made you overfecrs. The very Rcfuricftion of the flefti is alcribsd to the iS^onnc , as the author. lohn 6.54, I willraife him up. Alfo to theholy -i'piit, Roni.%. 1 1. Hee (hall raifc up your bodies, by his fpirit dwelling in you. 20. Divine honour alfo, and worflii pis given ., not only to the Fatherj but alfo to the 5onnc. Hebr. i . 6. Let all the Angels of God worftiip him. And alfo to the holy spirit : when his Name together with the Father and the Sonne^ is appointed to be called upon over the Baptifed^ Mat. 2 8. ip. In the name of the Father, and Sonne.and holy Spirit. In like manner the Sonne 5 and Spirit is called upon g in that (blcmnc forme of (alutation. The grace of the Lord Jcftis Ghrift, aed the love of God the Fatherland the communi- cation of the holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Cor. 13. ijtAndv whatfoevcr pertaineth to worfliip is referred as well to ^ Ghrift as to the holy Spirit , in that the true worfhippers of Godj asthey arcfuch, are called Temples not only ot God ^ theFather, but alfo of Ghrift, Rev. 2 1.22. The Lord God Almighty is her Templcj and the X^w^^^. i Cor 3. 1 6. Know yee not that yee are the Temple of God , and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you and 6. ip.Know yee not that your body is the Temple of the holy Spirit^who is in you. 21. Finally, that authocicy, and majefty, which is proper CO God,is given to the Sonne and the fpirit. 1 Cor. a^^^SjHhe Lord of glory, i Pet.^. i4.that^ fpirit of glory. All holy^-- phecyisattributerltoChnftandthe holy Spirit, i Pet. ^. 19. Ghrift by his fpirit went and preached to the fpirits. thatarein prifon.2'^'r'.T 2 i-HoIy men fpake being moved by the holy Spicit- ABi 28.25. The holy Spirit fpake by J/aiah the Prophet. 22. Now that the holy Spirit is propounded to us in all thefe as a perfon fubfifting, it doth manifeftly appeare by thity that lifcjunderftanding, will and power is given to him every whcre^togcther with all ads proper fo a perfon. ^3oAIfo Gods EffickH(y. 5^ 23. AI(b his diftinftion from the Father and the Sonne is deer'Iy taught when he is calledjanother,fent, con^ming/rom thcFather and the Sonne. lohn 14. 24.Hencej]f>, tobeabk, (ccondly iydr^, to know 3 thirdly 7^i?//t/»««'Vf(^/4 28. ^t, The ^ounfell of God is as it were his deliberation con- cernkig; 22 J 4 Decree and Ceunfill^ ccrningthc doing of every thing in thebc0 «anner, after that it is of the underftanding and will approved. 10. Counftll is given to God iflrcfpcft of pcrfcft judges mcnt, whereby he doth all things advifcdly /. E. willingly andof fet purpofc : not in refpcft of any inquifition upon which fuch a judgement doth depend us men. For God (cctb and willeth all and every thing togcther^Thercforc it is called^ as it were deliberation, not deliberation properly focallcdL 1 1. Three things concurrc to the perfcftion of this counfeU^ !• A (cope or end propoundedt 2. A conceipt of thcminde tending towards that ^ope. 3. An intention , and well plea-- lingneue of the will* 12. The (cope or end of this C^unfeJl is the glory of God i himfelfe,that is, thatgoodneffe, orperfeftionofGod which is made manifefrby bis Efficiency, and feines forth in his workSj-Ep fe.i.6.To the praift of his glorious grace. 1 3. In every artificer, or one that workes by counfell ^^ txtra^ outwardly ,there is a platfornae afore baad in the mind which when he i« about to worke hee lookes into, that lie may fit his worke to it ; fb alfo in God,leeing he wort ) cth not naturally nor raftily, nor byconftraint,but with^ greateft perfeftion of reafon,//)^?fn 39. Therefore there is no caufe properly focalled^to be given of Gods Will. 40. H nceitisrighily faidjthat'Goji doth will one thing to exift for another ; but not that tbit one thing is a proper caufe whereby the Will of God is iiiwardly moved to appoint that other thing. So God we)iild that the Sunna andftars ftiould exlft, for the generation, confcrvationjandi corruptJonof things below ; yet theSunneand Stars 5 aro not a caufe why God would that thofe things fiiould be gci^ ncrated , conferved , and corrupted. And fo it is in all things cut of God, which indeed among themfelves are rao(ea and cffefts,even as they depend upon the Divine will^but therj is no caufe of Gods Will out of it fel fe, \ : 41. Alfo the willing of ©nc thin^g luGod, is not pro- perly a caivfecflFefi:ingihat he wil another thing in bimfelfe, becaafe the Efficiency of a canfe upon an cffcftj.and d-epen- dance of the tfFeft upon a caufe^.cannot be in the Will of God 5 which is God himfelfe, truly and (imply willing all things togcjhierandr>iiC^aii?ce; i ivith one oncjly jaft i^ycat it Is true that the Sch&oM^friiky^i\i^t^)ipA^i attiugency ofthe Divine will in rcfpcft of oneHhitjg , : is- a caiifc of a paflive at- tingcncy in refpeft of another : and fo m this fence it is truly' and pita>(ly faid^thatOod willeth fomeone things becaufe hci willeth anothec^ i ^ \ r W ; . : 7 ,42. ^ Therefore although he willet^h many things whidi will not follqw bqt upon fomcantecedent aft ofthe£ircaturc^^ yet the vcrya<^ of willing in God doth not properly depend as aconfequent thing^upon the aftof the ereaturc. Neither Is it lawfull under the appellation of an Antfcedentwill^^ to g|vf? untcK Qodv thaf ifpper fcft will whiai^^^l^^ a wOttWingin-tbe *S(:^^<^Aai Edr it doth iiotragree fo lb s .. Omni- Decree and Connfelh i^ Omnifcicnt, Omnipotcntj and infinitely blefled Nature^ 4 }. Wherefore that oprnion which determines that God doth will fometbing antecedently to the aft of the Grca- tmty which fame thing afterwards he wiHcth not towards them, but wills another thing ^ is not to be admitted: bc- cauft it makes the Will of God mutable and depending upon the aft of the Creature,{b that as oftca as the aft of the Crea- ture is ch2nged 3 (b often alfo it is changed. 44. By that opinion alfo ^ that forme of fpecch prefcri- bed in the Word of God whcr«ln we commit rur ftlves and al ours to God, asl willdoethiSjOrthatjifGod wil, fhoirld not be ufed in all things , but turned contrarily , God will doc this or that , if man will. 45. This will determines ofall things 5 grcateft^leaft , eon- titigent5necc(rary,frcc, without exception. This the Scrip- ture (he wcs of all kind of things : as of Chrift Jefus to be glo- rified, and the Church to be favedbyhim. Tfd.7. & no. 4. & 40. 7,8^9. Heb.'j. i6.2i, £^^5 2?. 2 Tim. I. g. Of PW^ becaufc God would that they (hould not be brokrn : yet there was no neccffity impoled upon the SouldiersSpcares^ and other iecond caufes which were prefent* $0t Nay it is fo far off^ that the will of God, which doth moft certainly attaine to whatfoever it »///(?rA 5 doth urge all things with hard necefllty , that it is the prime reote, and ef- ficient cau(c of all that contingency , and freedome,which is in things : becaufcit dotheflFedually foreordaine fuch efFefti to follow of filch caufef. 5 1. In thofe things which God WlUeth there is a ccrtaine order conceived, namely that firft he PFi/leth the chd^ be^ fore the meaner Co the end , becaufc he worketh by moft perfeA reafon r^nd among meanes, he firft PVilleth thoCt things which come neereft to the end : for that which is firft ia order of execution, that is laft in order of intention, and (b contranly. 5 2.This will of God,iSjpartly hidden, and partly revealed. 5 3. Thole meanes by which this ff^/// is revcalcd^are right-^ ly called the fFill of the figne^not only metaphorically,becauft they declare among men what they would have, but alfome- tonyniicalIy,becaufe they are cither efl&dls^ adjunfts, partly declaring the proper ^/il of Godc 54. There 54- There are five figncs put in th«t old vcrfc. Fr^cipit^ & frohibet^Vermittit^Confulit, Implet : Hecommandeth,and for- biddcth^Permitteth^ounfclIcthjfclfilicth.-but becaufe counfell U all one with a command} inftcad of it^ it fliould be better to put in Promittit^Hc promifeth. Thus farre in genevAll of gods Efficiency ^ rphich together with his Suffciency , doth make a fit ^ and ada^mte ohjeElof Faithm T*he kinds ef it do follow. 51 Chapter VIIL of Creation. !• f I • He Efficiency of God, is either Creation or Provi- I dence* X. 2 . Creation is the Efficiency of God where- by he made the World of nothing , in the beginning very Igood. 3. Aftive Creation is conceived ^ by the manner of a tranfi- cnt aflion 3 in which there is alwayes an Objcft prefuppofed about which the agent is exercifcd^ yet ic is not formally traniicnt, but only virtually j becaufe it doth not prcfiippoft, but make an Objeft. 4. Paffive Creation is conceived by the manner of mutati* on^which is improperly called mutation* • 5. Creation refpcfts the whole worldjthatisjwhatfocver doth cxift befides God, 6. Hence , both all things which exift befides God arc created, and they are altogether created ^ that is.as well ac* cording to matter, as according to formca Rev. 4. 11. Bc- cau(e thou haft made all thing?* j^ol.i.i6. For by him were niade all things which are in Heaven;^aDd which arc In Earth, vifibleandinvifible. 7 Creation doth produce Originally, becaufe itprodu- ccth abeingjootonly as it ft a being, but alfo abfolutly in every part* 8. There- ^.Therefore before the Creatien^ the Creatiires had no reall being either of exiftencCjOr Eflcnce, although they had a known being.from eternity in the knowledge of God* 9. Cri?^^^» then produceth out of nothing, that is, out of matter that doth not prascxift 5 that hath a being before^hwx co-€xift 5 that hath a being together with the th'iKg created : For there was nothing from eternity befides God, neither is God the matter or part of any Creature^ but only the efficient cau(e. I o. Indeede fomethings are faid to be created, whofe mat- ter did pre-exift : but then Creation refpcils not only that immediate aftion^ whereby it comes to paflc that (iieh things arc 5 but alfo aniediatc aftion,whereby it comes to pafleihat the matter ic felfe Qiould exift of which they are formed : fo it was in the Creation of plants and living Creatures, Genef%i.zo. !!• Thatnothing, or not being of things, did goe before their being : not only in order of nature^^ for (b they might co-exift with God from externity : but alfo in order of duration 3 continuance, according to our manner oi cotkf ceiving* ) 12. Hence that beginning in which God is faid to creates the Worldjwastheend of that duration which nothisg had, aad the beginning of that which a the world had. ij.Thcrefore God would by the Creation y both Jhew forth hisperfeftion, that he did not neede a^iy Creature or out- ward thing; for then he had created the world as (bone as he could. And alfo his freedome whereby he brought forth all things 'without naturall neceffity , for if he had crea- ted neceflarily 5 he had done it from eternity. Rez. 4, n^ 7>/. 115. 3^ 14, The world neither was made from eternity, neither could be created from eternity ^in that difpofition, and order of chingSjWhich now it hath. i 5, That day had not been , if infinite dayes ought to have pone before/or thofe dayes going before had never been en- dcd,that that might lucceed themt 1 6. Hence alfo it followcth that no Creature was, or could be a caufe either inftrumental],or principall in the aft of Cr^. t*^». 17. Every Credtiom ^^51 17. Every thing created was very goftd, becaufc it Was made neither raftly , nor m vaine , but unto the end which the Maker did attaine unto- ^eK. i. 31. Whatfocver hee made was very good, i Tint. 4, 4* Whatfocver God made is good. . . iSiGobdnefle of a thingcreated isthat^erfcftion whereby itisfictothe ufe it fervcsfor : Now thatufeis^pacticdarjor univerlall. ':1ilc'"^^ ' I $•. The Particular is chat proper operation to which any thing fervcs in its proper nature. . 20, Univerrall u(c, is the ordaining of one thing with otherSjfor the pcrfeftioii of the Univeijfcor; whole.yy'i/ 104. Sci48.£/4j40. 13. ^i.By thisgoodneflfe all created things in their naturall madiier tend to God from whom they came. For the fecond Mng^is from the firftjand for the firft.. Hence thofe phrafes. j^om him ^ through him 5 and for* him are all things. Aom.} 1.36^ 22. Now naturall things tend unto:God. r. In that they declare Gods Giory.PfaLiQ*!* 2. That they giveoccafion. to us to know^and fteke GodiRom.1.20. ASls ij. %6. 3. In that tiey (uftainc our life, that we may live well unto God i. ^cr. jOtji. 1 7W.4.3. 4* : ' 23. Time doth co-exift or hath a being together with all naturall things^ as appeares in that phrafe in the beginning : for then was the beginning of time. ^ 24. Place al(o doth co-exift , that is, a certainefpace, herein the extention of the Creature is bounded. Genef, 2 5,But thefe arc not properly created, but concreated . or anncxedjknit to the things created : bccaufe they have not an abfolutCjbut only a relative entitle or being. 26. Becaufe God created all things of northing, there- fore our faith refts in him againlt hope , under hopejtor thofe things which arc not^as if they were^/f^^wf 4. 7 1 8. 27. The Cr^^r/ ... f 4-Pn ^hc^Wtbday 5 ' thfXumif^^^ Were made,to'give light upoii the EartK. ' ' " | -. [ 1 ; ' ' ^ '' , . 55,pn thefifth day^Fifties^and Bijpd$,that dwell in the^i^r and water wcj;cbrQugbcfQrth.^ ^ ^ T ^6.0n the fixth day, were brought forth all TerreftiiaI|Ii- v}ngPre^mres,fi)cftJthely then aftegirard foan : and fp the Hieayei]^ and Earth were pcrfeifi:cd;^8c^the Hottsbfthcna* ' ^,; ' 57*ln / ^ Creation- 37 iu^^. .In this order the.wifdotDfr, power aDdgoodnqfliof Gadiothgreatlyfbio? forth. . :. , . v ^8iits4dome. 1, Ih ?hac th^e fimple clcnicaM were firft CTcatedbcfurething^elemcntaTyorconcrcte, andcompoun- "ed. 2. In tb.t amung fimple things the more perfed were madclirfivvihich come neercft.iO; the nature pt God. 3. In SHtSithr;gs..y.r.firft,created,^W^^^^ . henth .ft Khich belidc being'have alfo life; then thofe that befide being and life i have alio fence : then lail ot alb fhole tht gsSEefide being, lift and fence . have alfp.ea^on. I In that in funple things, therrjsas a progrelTe frpp thmgs more pcrfca to things leffe perfcft , but mcompoan^, thu^g^: itQj\i)r^m$^3t,x,^^^mm^^ y fr^ai plants Tp. The pow^r of God (hincd forth in that he firft coated the Plants, Herbs and Trees, bcforethe Sunnc , and Stars, which arewpntcabeca^fes in ihfir. producing. ^ n • n 66, Thegoodneffc of .Qx^jfhificd fpt^than that hecreaH teddwdlinss,- before inhabitant, food before living Crea- • ,tures,thpfe things which lhould.be ufefull for manMorf^ man himfelfe. „ . ^ /- ' 1. li ^i. Man ashe was thq laft of the Crcatijrcs, i fo w^s Iwihc C««»W»/*w,a}3ridgementofallQre*tures,>oth imme^ and mediatly perfea, partaking the nature ot m Pnci m hi* foukiandoftheother inhis'hody^ .. : ,. , ... 6u He was the end of the Creatures mediatly perfeft, ^nd fp iifi Pg^s ln|entioi},Tefi)?^e4 Jii thcip,, ..and^^ve 6 iv'Heriecke i&faidtobecteatedin anotWf m^nnerthat 'the other Creatures : for they were brought forth by a word onlvjlec there be light,let theretc a'firmamcnt.But rtian was ^r^sght forth as it were swth^grsaf cr couiiieJl,.^nfl dcUberattr, ch;I;eeusHiakeman.^/».Vj6.., ,{ \^^ , yj,p ^ '>^ Jf " 64 For the body was firft prepared , and afterward the foulc wasinfpired.(?e«.».7- Thebody of Elementary matter, bucthe foule was produced ofno matter being b«fpre,hut im- mediatly by the power of God. ,.'1. d.5.Tte ExcdUncy pfix»aBwas|aac5dxfhi?Pj:>W^Ws,thac hcWcth* Image of Gefl^o rj • frju} vfl r ;^rn-fi ^''"'^-^'^'^ Tbico €reMimi\ 6S. thi?ce things arcrccpiircd to make an Image I 1. That it be like. 2» Th.i- it beexpreflfe , and framed to imkate aflother thing as an exemplar ^ or copy. 3. That that likenefle be either in its (pccifiali nature , or moft noble per- ftftion. 6 J. Hmct it is, that in the inferior Creatures the Image of Grod is not properly found ; but only a (hadow, and foot- ftcp of it. 68* But in man the proper reafon of an Image is found .• yet not perfeft, which is only in the Son of God. Cc/. lA'y* Heb^i \J^ But imperfeft, [not with a privative we, but negative imperfeftion, ^p.This Image then is a conformity of man , according to his raeafure^to the higheft pcrfcftion of God. 70. All this Image was naturall to man , but in a different rcfpeft , for it was partly the very nature of man ^ partly it flowed from the principles and pcrfeftion of naturc^and part- ly it was due to nature in a certaine manner. 71. ThelmageofGodinman was partly inward, part-, ly outward. The inward ^ was the perfeftion of body andfoule. 72.The perfe^ion of the body is that whereby it was aWb- lately fitted for comlinefle and ufe agreeable to Gods Will* Ge77.2.2^.R(m§.6, 13. 73. The perfeg, Th^ reafon of which order requires , that ionie cut aiii thing goe, before jiandrfrptn fhatibeing put^ fome cc.taiae ch|ng follow after. Hof. 2. 22. I will heare tiie Heavens ^ and they lliall heare the Earth, and the Earth ftiall hca/cche Corne , and the y Vme y and the Oyle 5 and they (hail Uearc Jfrael. , .- n . ; j .. , -, ;,-: ■ : ■■' ■ ^ /,.;.. ; .v-ia.Ikatclfdcr inonattiiiJI jthi^ ofnacare, cbmnaan to all, things or the very nature of things, y^s it is fiabliftied in a certainc order 5 arifing from the force and efficacy of Providence* 41 efficacy of that never to bee rcvafcpd Word of God given in the beginning : Let it be made , Ifet it be , be it fo , which exprefling the refpeft of a thing to come , doth (Tgnific per- petuity and conftancy, and by its virtue doth cfFcd: all things which doc ufuallycoire to paflfcot the fame thingf. Icr. 31. 35. ^6* The flatutes of theMoon, andof theStarrcs, &c% ard 33,20. My Covenant of the day and my Covenant of tbcnighr. II. Extraordinary providence isthatwhereby Godpro- vidcthforthingsbeyond theuluali, and appointed order (ff them, in which manner whatfocver is cffefteJ, is by a me- tonymy of the efFed called a Miracle* ' 1 2 . A Miracle is an operation above the order appointed whence true Miracles doe alwayes give evidence of the om- nipotency of the doer. Hence God only is the Author of true Miracles. 13. Men may be morall caufes of Miracles, as they ob* taine this of God that he would doe them 3 or as God ufeth their help as a figne,or token of a Miracle to be don^by him, I yet they cannot be caufts really efficient, norindeed^ inftru- , J mentall,much leflc principall . ^ 14. The Providence of God is either confervation or gu- bernation« 1 5. Conftrvation is that whereby God makcth all thingi , bothuniverfall, andfingularj both in their Eflcnce and exi- ftence, and in their ftrength , to perfift, and continue. P[kL io4.i9,20. AElsij.i^.Heb^i.^. Which is of Schoolemcn, not unfitly called tJM^nHtenentia, Dei ^ Gods holding in his ^^^ hand , becauie by it God doth (uftainc all things as with his Hand. \6. This conftrvation doth neceflarily conx between Cr€^tion,zx\A, government of things created :becau(cwhat(b« ever is crcated,is created to forac end,and uft^to which alfo it ought to be direfted and governed : but it cannot attaine that end,nor be dircftcd to itjunleffe it be continued and con- ferved in its being. 17. Gods conftrvation is neceflary for the Creature be- cauft the Creature doth every way depend upon the Qreator^ not only as touching its Pieri. i« being to be made, but al(b G touching touching \U Ejfe^ exlfle^fermanen ^ & oferm. i . Being, Exiftencc.Continuance ," d operation : fo that every Crea- ture (hould returne into that nothing whereof it was Uiadc, if God (hould not uphold it 5 and the very ceffation of Di- vine confervation , would without any other operation pre- fcntly reduce every Creature into nothing. PpUme 104429. If thou hideft thy Face^they are troubled, if thou takeft away their breath they die, and returne to their duft. 18. Some things arc confervcd immediatly^namely fiich as are fubjeded unto God only. This confervation is in very deed the fame with Creation, differing only in reafon^ in that Creation includes a certainc newnes which confervati- on excludeSj& Creation excludes a precedent e^iftencc which confervation includes . fo that that confervation is nothing elfe then as it were a continued C^eatim , and therefore it is joyned with Creaticn.Neh.^^.S.Thon haft made,and thou prc- ferveft all thcfe things. 1 9. Gubernation is that whereby God dircAeth and lea- deth all his Creatures to their proper ends.P/^^ 29. i o, Ichova fits King for evcr^ 20. The government of allthings ought to be of God- For they would never certainly attaine the end to which they were created , unleffe they were governed by the fame power, by wWdbi they wete createdrai^tti it proceeds from iroperfe^i- on^when he leaves the work that he hath made, to be direfted by another afterward. Sf» This Gubernation includes ijotrin/ecally, not only ipeanes convenient and fitting to the end , butsalfo their cer- laine efficacy, or the attainment it (elfe. The order therefore of this government U certainejimmoveable, and indiflblable, fo that the Creature cannot wholly withdraw it ftlfe from all order of government^although it may decline Irom its par* ticular order.C^^. 50. 20« 22. This government is common or fpecialL 23. Common is that whereby God doth govern all things In a like manner 5 unto this government bcloDgeth, Firft, The Law of nature common to all things^ w hich is a certainc participation of the Law, and WiU of God, putintoall 44pg»^rQmt;hebcgiflmng. Joh^S.i2f Haft thou commaH* ded Providence. ^^ ded the morning, and made known to thcday^fpriiTghis plactj &c. Secondly, a natural! indiFiationjWhich h aprirr* cipleof woifcing according to rh^.t Iwjleb.^, 7, The fparkcs fly upward. Tlwrdly, a natarall inftinft : which is a peculiar ftirring up of the living Crcitares , to fofne more noble aft^^ witJiacert^ncfliew^ndprincofrcafon, T^(}^ 6. 61 Ooe to the Pifmhe O (laggard , behold h«f waycs hnd be wife. And 30,24. Theft fourc are fmall upon the Earth 5 but they arc exceeding wiftjth^^i^// 5 th^Mife^ tht Loc^s^Tht Spiders ^ Ierem.%.^. The fi^rk^ ihQ Tffrt/e^ thtCr^ne^ dd\d Swallow obftrve (he times of their' coniming. foitfthly , A certain© obediential! power,whereby all Creatures are apt to obey the command of God. 7y;i03.2i.& 14S.8. Doing his plea fure, * fulfilling his Wordt 34. This government (hines forth in the operation of all thing?, firft in that they alwaycslooketofomecertaineend, andloitisneccflary that they be afted and governed by an intelligence every where prcftnt, and omnipotent, that is, .of God himftlfe, Ioi*^S.2yAn (ending down raine Co ikisfic the waft place , and bringing forth the bud of thr tender jHerbe, Ifay 55. lO^ The raine caufeth that the Eattfe bring 'ibrth feed to the fower , ^nd bread fibr him that eateth. Se* condly Jn that the works of nature arc ordained Co accuratcfy, and agreeable to rcafon , that they cannot but proceed fiiom high^rea(bai Prov. 3 0*2 5, 26,27328. Thirdly ^in that be- tides a proper ordination wheticby every thing (eckes his own perfeftiouj they doc keepe as it were a common fociety and all doe more dcfire the confervation of the whole then of ....^.^hemfel ves, as it ift to be (een in heavy things which are caried upward to avoyd an cmptinefle. 35. By fbrceof this Gubernation all fecond cau^s ^ are in a certainc manner dctenniiicdaforcijtMt is, Fir(l, they are fticred up, to workc ^ by an influence , or frevioHs motion, m regard that (be(ide the communicating of ftrength, and (uftciitation of the fame) there is foroeluchthkig required neccflarily to bring forth that into a&which before was in thiB power ofthe CSrpatiir^f Sfccdntfly^i ttey are applied to accrtaitieobjca, about which they are exercifcd in work* ing« Ez^ck%u%i.2iALC* ^ Smf.vi. to. h\![o by force of the G 2 fame ^ SpeciaHGnbernationof Angds^and l^en. ' fame government they arc ordered ^that is,i. Limits, and bounds are fct to their aftions : Job, i. 12. &2.6. &38.tc» a. Some good is drawn out of their aftiomC^w. 5©.aot ^6. Bccaufethe exercife of that ftrengthwhichis inthc Creatures depends upon the Will of God 5 hence it is that we truft in God alone ^ and not in thofe Creatures, by which the kindncflc of God is derived to us. Chapter X. Qf ffeciall (jHhcrnation about intelligent Creatptres. In the former difpfitation common Gnbernmon n^as handled ; nqv(> foUowes jpeciall Gubernationt I. ^^Vccull Gnbernation is that whereby God doth go-/ ^^^verne reafonable Cr^^r^r^/ in a fpeciall mannei'» - ) Vi^ 2. The fpeciall condition of thofe ^r^^?«^r^/dotli caule the difference. For feeingthey are in (bme fort immor- tall, and created after the Imagi of G^d, and have an in- ward principle of their own aftions proceeding from counftl, therefore they arc to he governed to an eternalfftate of hapi- pinefle or unhappinefle^ and that agreeably to cpuuftUj and frecdomc» ; 3. Yet this fpeciall ^uberndtion doth not conclude that rcail Gnbernation of the rea(bnable Crcature^which is Cofti-^ mon to all (yeatures^ut is added to it. 4* Thismorall government corifiite in teachirt^^^^,^^^^^^ filling accordingxb that that befdi^^ he hath taught.^ -Mickh. 6.8.He hath IhewedtheeOTnanwhrtW^liW Deut. ^O.i'^l. Lite and good : Death and Evill. Hitherto properly pertat- tieth that revealed Will of Ood which is the rule of doing as touching manners, to.the rea(rmahte Crv^fji5^r(f.G6dg^ vernes by teachii^g ^ ; partly in m^)xiii^k^^ ffiefta- bliftiingit» •; ^- ■ / ^ $• A Laiv is made byrcommanding, and forbidding* 17.A spec/all Gubernation dfAngeU>,and Men. 4 5 7.A Law is cftablifticd by promifing, and threatning. S.God govcrnes by fulfilling 5 wbenhe pcrformesthofe things he hat htaught./t^r^w. 32.19. Thine eyes being open doclookeunto allthe waycsot men , that thou mayeftgive to every one according to his wayes, and according to the fruit of his doings. 9. From this fpeciall and proper way of governing rea- fonable Creatures , there arifeth that covenant^ which is be- tween God and them. For this covenant is as it were a cer- taine tranlaftion of God with the Qre^ture^ whereby God commandethjpromifeth^thrcatnethj fulfillcih^and the Crea^ ture doth tie ic fclfe in obedience to God thus covenanting. Dent. 26.16, 17^ 18, 19. This day lehova thy God com- mandeththce. &c. Thou haft avouched this day the L:>rd to be thy God , &c. Jehovah hath avouched thee this day »&c. To make thee high J &c* And that thou mayeft be an holy peoplej&c. 10. Now becaufe this way of entring into covenant is not between tbofe that are equall, but between Lord and fcrvant. \ Therefore it pertaincs to government, whence alfb it is moft J properly called not the covenant of manjbut of God.who is y the authorj and chiefe Executor of it.^Df/^r.S.ij. 18. That he may performe his covenant* 11. By vcrtue of this covenant the morallworkesof the intelligent Cre-^r/zr^? , whilit he is in the way , have alwayes a refpeft , either to happincfle a? a reward 5 or to unhappineflc as a punifliment : but in the iait there is meriting 5 but in the other not. ^^ ^^ Hence the proper and higheft difference of a 2:ood work and finne doth fl^w 5 namely in that a good worke is an o- peration expefting happincflcofanotherby way ofreward: as by the oppofiti5 privation of it ^ evill ^worices^ ^re made in their kind extreamlyeviil. ^^ **od?i w 3^ il /i ^ . 1 3. Hence arifeth the forccand reafdn of con(ciencfe,which is the judgement of an intelligent Creature of It iidfe , as he is (ubjcfted to God. : .-::) ^lr rr?^^- ' | *^^J ' h-ic - I i 4* Speiciill govef nmcB« iirfrthe rcaibnablc Qreature is of Angels aiidtuen.. :-..»: vl,.! . .15. Speciall government of Angclls^ is either a fpeciall pre- 46 Speciall Gnbem^icn ofAngels-^and Men. prefcription ^ or ordering the event that folloWcs up- on it. 16. This Was the fame Law as touching the fubftance^with the morall Law which is contained in the Decalogue. 1 7. Yet thofe in the Decalogue are to be excepted which eitherpertaineto the nature of mans body 5 or the tondirjon ofthisjnortalllifc, which take no place rn them: a? many things of propagation pertaining to th^ leventh precept. Mat. 22. 30. Alfo many things pertaining to the fife pre- cept , of iubjcftion of inferiors to their fuperiors , in like ibrt ibme things belonging to the eighth precept of eve; y ones getting of food in his vocation : finally many diitit« of the fccend and fourth ConHnaBdementtobcfwrformed to men. 18. The ordering of the event , was in forae, a preftrvati- on to perfift in obedience. Hence it is that they were confir- med in good, and endowed with fiill hapj. inefle,(b t&atthey doe immutably clcavi to Cod, with pcrfeiS obedience , and fuUncflc ot gloi y. Whence thofe Angdls are called cle&cd. I Tim. 5. 2i.Good aTKj \\oly^Lfic.^,z6. BlefTcd alfo, and Aw- 1 ge!s of lighr.2 (^n.n.i^ \ ( 1 9. In others , the ^rderiog ot the event was a permiffioHi whence it is that they abuhng their liberty did fall into Apollalie. 2c. Hence it is that from that ^imetheyweneobftioate, in evill^and condemned to exti erne mifery. lud. 6 zPeui. 4* Whencetheevill Angclls, are called impure fpiritSj aad angellsofdarkncffc.Z.;/%8,2 &942« : ^ *• * 2 i.In that different ordcring,tlierc doth manlfeftly appcarc the eleftion of fome Angcls,and reprobation of others, by God free coiinfcll,and good |ilcaiure. 22* Touching the time of the h\\ of Angels , it doUi oiAf appeare^that it was before ^^^wj fi«ll. 23. Toucfchig the kind of tbtir fin which was &^ ^com- mie ted by thena, it is moft like that it wias pride. , 24. Touching their punifliment the Scripture witnefi&tb th^t it is not y et inii&ed in the higheft degree , but to be in* fliiftcdin thcendofthc world*iWiir.25.4M^ ' .:irni?).:j? .^j:n .i'^ io :i:2^rntrn:^vo^^l'if: Tims Specidl Ghher nation ofAngtU^ and Men. 47 Thu4 m^ch ef the government of Anaells* The government of Man foUovpes. ^5. In th€ fpeciall government of rnenj T^o things arc to be obi[crvcdj as in the government of Angclls , name- ly prescribing a Law , and ordering the eveirt that would thence follow. Yet there is not the fame reafon of all on ei- ther fide. 26. In prcfcribing a Law there is like reafon. i . In that the Law prcfcribed to Men and Angells,was chc fame as touching the EiTencc of it : namdy morally thefomme whereof is in the Decalogue. 2 . In that that k was written in the heart by way of habit^wherein the firft reafon of confcience is placcd,which is called Sjynerefis.Rorf .2.1 5. 27. But the diflirailicudej and difference is diver?. For^ Firft, The principles indeed of this Law arc common to Angclls and Men , but many (ecundary conclulions arc only proper to men : asof Parents^ mariagc, meats , and the like. j 28.Secondly, feeing m:^n is of a more imperfeft nature then -^Angells, and fo needs more inftruftfon and cxerci(c, there- fore there was added cp the Law of nature a certaine poficive thing^othei wile ofckafame reafon with U : a$ the fanftifying of the feventh day. 2g. Thirdly , becaufe Man in this animaUIife doth undcr- ftancl by fences , and (b is as it vvere led by the hand from fenfible things cointelligible and fpiritual! , therefore unto xhat fpirituaJl Law there were added unto Man outward Symbolesi and Sacrament^^toil Juftrate, and confirm it. And in thefe Symbt>ks,there was contair^ed, both a certaine fpe- c\z^\ ind pofitive Law^and a profeffion of general! obedience to the Law of narure befoie put into him and al(b a confirraa- • ^ tionofthatfolemnfanftionoftheLaWj which didconfiftof promifes^and threatnJngs. 30. Fourthly J becaufe /tJiam wa« the beginning of man- kindj outofwhom^'i Men were to be derived, therefore a Law is given to him not only as one private perfbn^ as was done in the Angeils > but alLb as a publique perfbn ^ or the 43 Mant Fall. [the head of mans nature , from whom all good and evHl was [to be derived to his pofterity. ^/f5ls 17. 26. Rom.^aS^ls^. 3 1 .Fifthly jin the (anfiion of this Law, there was contain- ed a promile , of continuing animall life , and of exalting it afterward to fpirituaU, asalfo a threatning of bodily death which had no place in the Angells. 32, This interpretation being had* the Law and covenant of God with man in the Creation was, T)oe tbis^andthoti fi)alt live : If thou doe itnotj thou (halt dye the death. In which words there is firft contained a precept ^ Doe this. 2 a promife joyned to it* If thou doe itj thou (halt live. 3. A like threatning. If thou doe it not^thou ftialt dye the death. 3 3, Unto this covenant there were two Symbol es , or Sa- craments adjoyned , In one of which the reward due to Obedience was fealed by aTiee^namely of life^and in the other the puniflimenc of difobedience was fealed by a Tiee, namely of knowledge of good and evi/l ; that was a Sacrament of life, this a Sacrament of death. j Chapter XL of Mans Apoftacj^&r Fall. In the former difpute , we have treated of the firfi part of the fpeciall government of Men^ which confiTls inpre^ ' "*- fcribing a Law: the other part folUweSy 'ower to confer (uch an excellency. 8. Hence was the grievoufiieffc of this fin 5 which did not only containe pride, ingratitude , and unbeliefe ) but alfoby violating of that moft folemne Sacrament, did make (hew of, as it were a generall profeffion of dilobedience, and contempt , of the whole covenant, AH which alfo were fo much the more foule by how much the condition of the hnner was more perfeft. H ?.In so Mans Fall^ $• In the committing of this tranfgrcflion two things arc to be confidcredjthc caufeSj and confcqucnts of it. I o. Caufes were one principal!. And others adjuvant. II. The principall caute was man himfelfe , bytheabufe of his free-will. Bccle(