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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20226	A sermon of Gods prouidence Very godly and profitable: preached at South-shoobery in Essex, by Arthur Dent, Minister of Gods word.; Platforme, made for the proofe of Gods providence	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1609 (1609)	STC 6647; ESTC S116580	16,828	48

A SERMON of Gods Prouidence Uery godly and profitable Preached at Southshoobery in Essex by Arthur Dent Minister of Gods word The third impression Iohn 19 vers 10. 11. Then said Pylate vnto him speakest thou not vnto mee knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee and haue power to lose thee Iesus answered thou couldest haue no power at all against mee except it were giuen thee from aboue Imprinted at London for Iohn UUright 1609. A platforme made for ●e proofe of Gods prouidente that is ●r the examining of the trueth of this 〈…〉 ctrine whether God by his prouidence rule all things generally and euery creature and action particularly Text. 〈…〉 lotte is cast into the lap but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord. Prou. 10. 33. IT were to be wished that all Christians did vnderstand that which with mouth they confesse when they rehearse the articles of their 〈…〉 th gathered out of the Apostles 〈…〉 ine The Consession is briefe and euery 〈…〉 rde in it very significant and well 〈…〉 erstood would roote all heresies out ●ur mindes The principles of religion are ther● contained and if hée bée but a w●● Philosopher that is ignorant in ● principles of Philosophy and if it b● shame for all artificers to be ignor● in the grounds of those artes they professe it is a greater shame for vs Christians to make shew of christianity a● yet to be ignorant in the rudimen to our Religion I would to God that euery one ●● hath the name of a christiā did throughly vnderstand were fully instruct in them then néeded not I labour much for the proofe of this doctrine For euery one of vs when we do o●fesse God to be almighty doe acknowledge that he by his prouidence rul● euery thing and that wee may knew what we say I purpose chiefly to hadle these two points First that Christ the Sonne of G●● hath the selfe same prouidence the God the Father hath Secondly t●● the prouidence of God doth goue●●● all things generally and euery spec●● thing specially And yet in handling these two I ●● not recite all that may be said touching his matter but only touch some chiefe pointes summarily which may helpe ●n the better to vnderstand the large and learned tracts that many notable ●en haue written hereof For the first That Christ the Sonne of GOD doth gouern● all things as well as God the Father is prooued by reason example and authoritie BY reason if God by his wisdome made the world that is if that the eternall wisdome of God which is his word the euerlasting Sonne of God was present with God when he made the worlde he is also with him in gouerning the world but hée was with God when he made the world therefore he is with him in gouerning of it The equity of the first proposition is grounded vpon most strong reason For as God created the world by his wisdome so it is not to be beléeued that God gouerneth the world without his wisdome otherwise hée should gouerne by chance The second proposition is pr●●ed by the testimony of the Apostle Heb. 1. by whom also he made the worlds By example Gen. 48. vers 13. 14. 15. Then tooke Ioseph them both Ephrain● in his right hand towards Israels left hand Manasseth in his left hand toward Israels right hand so hee brought them vnto him But Israell stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraims head which was the younger and his left hand vpon Manassehs head directing his hands on purpose for Manasseh was the elder Also hee blessed Ioseph and said the GOD before whom my Fathers Abraham Isack did walke the God which hath fed me al my life lōgvnto this day In which words Iacob acknowle●geth Gods prouidence to stretch particular men euen to himselfe Then it followeth as vers 5. 26. The Angell which hath deliuered me from ●ll euill blesse the children and let my name bee named vpon them and the name of my Fathers Abraham and Izacke that they may grow as fish into ● multitude in midst of the earth In these words the holy Patriarke Iacob giueth that particular prouidence to y ● Angell which in the former verse hée had giuen to God And that by the ●ame of Angell he vnderstandeth no treature is hereby proued in that hée ●ffirmeth that this angel had power to ●●esse saying to him Blesse the children Hée then is the angell whom Iacob was wont to call the angell of the Lord that is the Sonne of God Therefore in this place Iacob attributeth a prouidence ouer al things and persones to the angell that is the Sonne of God as well as to God the Father By authority Iohn 5. ver 17. My Father worketh and I worke This works that Christ speaketh of is not to be vn●erstood of the creation onely but also of the gouerning of al things created For this particle hitherto sheweth that he ment not onely that first worke of his in creating all things with his Father but also another worke which he daily excerciseth which cannot bée vnderstood of any other then of gouerning all things with his Father But here we must obserue this rule that the workes of the Trinity are vndeuided Therefore that which is the Fathers worke is the worke also of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost That the Sonne of GOD doth the same workes that the Father doth is already prooued the same is to be affirmed also of the holy Ghost by the warrant of Gods word as by that I read in the 139. Psame Whether shal I goe from the Spirit or whether shall I flie from thy presence If ascende into Heauen thou art there If I lie downe in hell thou art there let mee take the wings of the morning and dwell in the vttermost partes of the Sea yet thether shall thine hand lead mee and thy right hand hold mee Thus is the first point briesly prooued that Christ the Sonne of God and the holy Ghost do gouerne all things as wel as God the Father Now to the second that God by his prouidence gouerneth all and euery thing There are very many that can willingly graunt that God by his prouidence gouerneth all things in general but that euery particularthing is ruled by the same they deny with these men therefore I minde to deale some what largely though not so learnedly as the cause requireth who is able to handle it worthily Philosophers haue in this point had sundry opinions Epicurus said that all things were ruled by chance and fortune and that God liued idelly and at ease in the Heauens which opinion as impious all men in wordes condemne and yet so we liue that our liues are euident proofes against vs that in heart and soule wée imbrace it For surely if we thought any better of GOD then Epicurus did wée would not walk so directly in Epicurus pathes as we do or liue so licentiously as though God