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Christian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
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Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.
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himselfe and of and by himselfe all which is and which is not Is not the knowledge or foreknowledge of God the cause why they are done No but his will What is the will of God It is an essentiall propertie of God Psal 139.11 Heb. 4.13 Ioh. 21.17 1. Tim. 6.16 whereby of himselfe most freely he approueth or disapproueth whatsoeuer he knoweth What learne you hereby First that nothing commeth to passe by meere hap or chance but as God in his eternall knowledge and iust will hath decreed before should come to passe Secondly that whatsoeuer commeth to passe though we know not the causes thereof and that it be contrarie to our willes yet wee should beare it patiently and therein submit our willes to the good will and pleasure of God What is the power of God Iob 42.2 Luke 1.37 It is an essentiall propertie in God whereby he is able to doe all things What instructions doe you drâ—â— from the power of God First that we should not despaire of the things that God doth promise either in respect of our owne weaknesse or in respect of the apparent weaknesse of the things that God hath sanctified for our good Secondly it serueth both for a spurre to doe well considering that God is able to saue and a bridle to restraine from euill seeing he hath power to destroy What is Gods goodnesse vers 7. Marke 10.18 James 1.17 It is an essentiall propertie in God whereby he is infinitely good in and of himselfe Is nothing then good but God Nothing of it self howbeit by him and from him doe come good things Gen. 1. which haue not their goodnesse of themselues What learne you hereof That whatsoeuer he doth is good yea it is perfectly good whatsoeuer men iudge of it yea that by this goodnesse of his hee vseth all things well and that seeing God is good to vs wee ought to be good one towards another What is his iustice It is an essentiall propertie in God whereby he is infinitely iust in himselfe and of himselfe What is the rule of this iustice His will for because he willeth it Ephes 1.11 Psal 115.3 Matth. 20.15 therefore it is iust not because it is iust therefore hee willeth it and these things may be applied to other the properties of God What is the graciousnes of God vers 8. It is an essentiall propertie whereby he is of himselfe most gracious and amiable Is he only gracious Only in and of himself for that whatsoeuer is gracious and amiable it is from him What learne you from this That we ought to loue and reuerence God aboue all For seeing gracious and amiable men doe winne loue and reuerence from others in whose eyes they appeare gracious and amiable who is able more to winne this at our hands then God who is the fountaine of all graciousnes and amiablenes What is his loue It is an essentiall propertie in God whereby he loueth himselfe aboue all and others for himselfe What learne you from hence That we should loue him dearely and other things for him Seeing his mercie followeth of his loue what is his mercie It is an essentiall propertie in God whereby he is meerely ready of himselfe to helpe Why adde you this word meerely To put a difference betweene the mercie of God and that mercie that is in men for their mercie is not without some passion compassion or fellow-feeling of the miserie of others but the mercie of God is most perfect and effectual ready to help at all needs What is his holinesse vers 21. Holinesse is an essentiall propertie in God as he is full of truth iustice mercie c. and is a generall attribute of God in respect of all the speciall proprieties of his nature For this holinesse hee most iustly loueth liketh and preferreth himselfe aboue all What learne you from hence First that as euery one commeth neerer vnto him in holinesse so they are best liked and loued of him and consequently it should breed a loue in our harts of holinesse and hatred of the contrary Secondly that this ought to kill in vs all euill thoughts and opinions which can rise of God in our heart seeing that in him that is holinesse it selfe there can be no iniquitie What properties of God arise from all these before spoken of Gen. 17.1 Psal 50.12 16.2 Rom. 11.35.36 Perfection and Happinesse What is perfection Perfection is an essentiall propertie in God wherby whatsoeuer is in God is perfect What learne you from hence That hee is to seeke his owne glorie and not the glorie of any in all that hee willeth or willeth not doth or leaueth vndone What gather you thereof They are confuted that thinke God is moued to will or nill things in respect of the creatures as men that seeing a miserable man are mooued to pitie whereas God of himselfe and in himselfe It is to be vnderstood of reprobation not of condemnation is moued to saue or reiect to receiue some and to cast away others What else That all which he doth is perfect howsoeuer hee deale with vs. Hitherto of the perfection of God what of his felicitie It is the propertie of God whereby hee hath all fulnes of delight and contentment in himselfe 1. IOH. 5. vers 7. 7 For there are three which beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one THE vnitie of the essentiall properties of God and his essence being already spoken of what remaineth to be spoken of touching him The Trinitie of the persons subsisting in the vnitie of the Godhead What is a person in Trinitie It is a distinct subsistence hauing the whole Godhead in it Ioh. 11.22 14.16 How is it distinguished Into the Father and of the Father Ioh. 14.9 Collos 2.3.9 What is the Father He is the first person in the Trinitie Ioh. 20.17 who hath by communication of his essence eternally begotten his only beloued sonne of himselfe How is it shewed that he begat him of himselfe In that he is called the brightnes of his glorie Heb. 1.4 and the ingrauen forme of his person And in that this generation being from eternitie there was no creature of whom he might beget him Hitherto of the Father what is of the Father The Sonne Holy Ghost What is the Sonne The second person in Trinitie from all eternitie begotten of the Father by communication of his Essence who is also called the Word Why is the Sonne and second person called the Word Because he is so often spoken of and promised in the Scriptures and is in a manner the whole Subiect of the Scriptures though other reasons also might be giuen hereof What is the manner of his eternall generation Psal 139.14 It is not reuealed touching the manner and therefore our ignorance herein is better then all their curiositie that haue enterprised arrogantly the search hereof For seeing our owne
either impunitie or tyrannous tortures of consciences may bee taken away VVhat further doe we pray for That God would furnish his Church with all such officers as hee appointeth that being endued with speciall gifts may bee both able and willing to execute their charge diligently and faithfully What further desire we in this petition That where these things are onely begun they may bee perfected and that euery Church may bee polished and garnished that Sion may appeare in her perfect beautie and so the Iewes may bee called and so manie of the Gentiles as belong vnto Christ and the contrary enemies may be either conuerted or confounded What do we pray for the kingdome 〈…〉 member of the Church We out of a sorrowful feeling of the spiritual bondage we are in to Satan and sinne pray that the kingdome of Christ may come and be aduanced in euery one of our harts in Iustice Righteousnesse Peace and Ioy in the holy Ghost euen as poore captiues are alwaies creeping to the prison doore Rom. 14.17 and labouring to get off their bolts So much of the kingdome of God in this world What pray you for concerning the kingdome of Christ in the last day or for the kingdome of glory Reuel 22.20 2. Tim. 4.8 That Christ would hasten his comming for the elects sake who with singular loue and affection long for it saying Come Lord Iesus come quickly The third petition Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen VVhat is considered in this petition By earth those that are in earth and by heauen those that are in heauen VVhat is heere meant by the will of God Deut. 19.29 His reuealed will and Commandement wherein is set downe what we ought to do or leaue vndone as also his promises which we ought to beleeue Is there any other will of God besides his reuealed will 1. Pet. 3.17 Yea verily that whereof the Scripture speaketh thus if so be the will of God and that the petition is not meant of this it appeareth first because that no man can know it nor search it out vntill it come to passe whereas to the doing of this wil knowledge is necessarie Secondly for that no man can resist it Thirdly for that there are no promises for the performing of it seeing a man may doe the secret will of God and perish as Pilate c. Is not the secret wil of God contrary to his reuealed wil No in no wise it differeth in some respect but is not another wil much lesse contrarie How differeth it The secret will of God considereth especially the end and the reuealed will the things that are referred to the end And the secret will of God is of the euent of al things Ioh. 14.1 1. Thes ◠3 where the reuealed will is of those things onely which are propounded in the word as to beleeue in Christ and to be sanctified c. It may seeme that the reuealed will of God is sometimes contrarie to it selfe as when God forbiddeth murther and theft yet God commandeth Abraham to kill his sonne and the Israelites to take the goods of the Egyptians Here is no contrarietie because God in giuing a law to man giueth none to himselfe but that he may command otherwise therefore the law hath this exception that it is alwaies iust vnlesse God command otherwise But it seemeth that the secret wil of God is often contrarie to the reuealed will seeing by the former many euill things are committed and by the other all euill is forbidden In as much as by the prouidence of God euill things come to passe it is for some good of Gods glory or good of the Church or both in which only respect they by the prouidence of God are done or suffered to be done What more specially of sanctification do we pray for in this petition First that wee may know his will without the which we cannot do it then that so many as are subiects in the kingdome of Christ may do the dutie of good subiects and bee obedient vnto the reuealed will of God Mat. 6.33 otherwise called the righteousnesse of of Gods kingdome so that there is a mutuall relation of this petition to the former where we pray that God may rule as heere that his rule may be obeyed What learne you out of this word Thy Psal 86.11 110.37 Gen. 6.5 8.21 Rom. 8.6 Rom. 7.24 Wee learne that when wee pray for obedience to Gods will wee desire the suppression of our owne will as that which being prone to all sinne as a match to take fire is naught and repugnant to the will of God so farre are wee from hauing any free will naturally to doe that which is good 2. Pet. 2.7 Ezech. 9.4 which wee must bewaile both in our selues and others What by this word done Philip. 2.13 Act. 20.24 That it may not onely be intended and indeauoured but accomplished although it bee with griefe and smart What learne you of this as it is in heauen That our obedience should bee done most willingly readily cheerefully and wholly and not to do one and leaue another vndone As the Angels do the will of God so Psal 103.20 Mat. 18.10 Esa 6.2 Ezech. 1.7 and therefore are set forth winged to shew their speedinesse and round footed to expresse their readinesse to all and euery commandement of God And so all vnwilling or by law inforced obedience is heere condemned But seeing wee are sinfull and the Angels holy how can we imitate them Wee should endeauour to the like holinesse and so grow therein daily more and more till we be like vnto them not that we can performe it to the full as they doe Leuit. 11.44 1. Pet. 1.16 As also in this regard God himselfe saith Be ye holy as I am holy and yet it were absurd to say or thinke that any man could come to the holinesse of God whose holinesse hee is commanded to follow This petition also agreeth well with our desire of hastening the Lords comming in the former petition Hitherto of the petitions that concerne God What is generall to bee considered in the next for our selues That there is no lawfull vse of these petitions which follow or any of them vnlesse we first labour in the former petitions concerning the seruice of God 1. Tim. 4.8 considering that godlinesse hath the promises of this life and the life to come VVhat further That as in the former the word thy did only respect God so in these following by these words Ours and vs we learne to haue a fellow feeling of the miseries and necessities of others and therfore in care to pray for them which is the triall of the true spirit of prayer Is there any thing else common to them all That for them all we depend on God on his prouidence for the first of our nourishing on his mercy for pardon of our sinnes and on his power for