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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
generation and frame in our mothers wombe is aboue our capacitie it is no maruell if the mysterie hereof cannot be comprehended What is the holy Ghost He is the third person in Trinitie which by communication of essence proceedeth eternally from the Father and from the Sonne Why is the third person called the holie Spirit more then the Father and the Sonne which are spirits as well as he and infinitely holy as he Because he is spired and as it were breathed both from the Father and the Sonne that is to say proceedeth from them both Why is he called holy rather then the Father and the Sonne Because he sanctifieth the children of God Why doth not the Father and the Sonne sanctifie also Yes verily but they doe it by him and because he doth immediatly sanctifie therefore he hath the title of holy What is the manner of the proceeding of the holie Ghost from the Father and the Sonne The answere hereunto is as vnto the question of the manner of the generation of the Sonne namely that it is not to bee searched because it is not reuealed For if the winde which is but a creature be so hard to know that a man knoweth not from whence it commeth and whither it goeth it is no maruell if the proceeding of the holy Ghost be vnsearchable What testimonies are there of the ioynt proofe of the Godhead of these three persons Out of the old Testament Gen. 1.12 Esay 6.3 42.1 Agge 2.5 where the Father is said by his Word to haue made the worlds the holie Ghost working and maintaining them and as it were sitting vpon them as the hen doth the egges she will hatch also where the Angels in respect of the three persons doe crie thrice Holy holy holy Further in that it is said Behold my elect vpon whom I haue put my spirit Also where the Father with the Word and his Spirit make a couenant What are the testimonies out of the new Testament As all other doctrines so this is there more cleere Matth. 3.16 as when the Father from heauen witnesseth of the Sonne the holy Ghost appearing in the likenes of a Doue Matth. 28.19 As that wee are baptised into the name of the Father the Son and the holy Ghost Also where the Father and Son promise to send the holie Ghost Ioh. 14.16 and this testimonie we haue in hand Hauing shewed the ioynt proofes of their Godhead let vs also heare the proofes of euery one of them apart What therefore are the proofes that the Father is God Of all the three the Godhead of his person hath been least called in question and therefore few reasons and testimonies will serue What are those Reas That we are a Matth. 6.6.9 11.25.27 bidden to pray to him that he reuealeth the mysteries b Matth. 5.45 suffereth his sunne to shine c. Testimonies c Rom. 1.7 Grace and peace from God the Father d Ioh. 17.3 This is life euerlasting to know thee to be the only God c. What proofes are there to proue that the Son is God Esay 25.9 Zach. 2.10.11 Prou. 8.22 Ioh. 1.1 Heb. 1.10 That he is called Iehouah that the essentiall properties the works and actions of God are giuen to him How proue you that the holy Ghost is God For that the name properties and actions of God are giuen to him Acts 3.4 Gen. 1.2 Esay 61.1 as to the Father and the Sonne How are these being three said to be but one Acts 20.28 1. Cor. 12.4.5 Deut. 6.4 Mark 12.32 1. Cor. 8.4.5.6 They are one in being and essence but three persons in subsistence If three persons among men be propounded whereof euery one is a man can it be said that these three are but one man Ioh. 14.16 15.26 10.1 No but wee must not measure Gods matters by the measure of reason much lesse this which of all others is a mysterie of mysteries What learne you of that the Scriptures 1. Ioh. 5. saith they are three c. We learne that the word Trinitie although it be not expressely set downe in the word yet hath it certaine ground from thence What learne you of that they are said to be three witnesses The singular fruit that is in the Trinitie of persons in one vnitie of the Godhead whereby great assurance is brought vnto vs of all things that God speaketh in promise or threat seeing it is all confirmed by three witnesses against whom no exception lieth What doe they witnesse That God hath giuen eternall life vnto vs and that this life is in that his Sonne PSAL. 99. vers 1 2 3 4. 1 The Lord reigneth let the people tremble he sitteth betweene the Cherubims let the earth be moued 2 The Lord is great in Zion he is high aboue all the people 3 They shall praise thy great and fearefull Name for it is holie 4 And the Kings power that loueth iudgement for thou hast prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgement and iustice in Iaakob HAuing spoken of the first part of diuinitie which is of the nature of God it followeth that wee speake of his kingdome which is the second VVhat learne you from these words the Lord reigneth That God alone hath and exerciseth soueraigne and absolute empire ouer all and that he admitteth no fellow gouernour with him VVhat is the kingdome of God Esay 9.7 Dan. 3.33 Esay 40.13 Rom. 11.34.35.36 Eph. 1.11 Esay 44.24 45.7.48.11 Eph. 1.12.14 Psal 97.5 It is an eternall kingdome appointed and ruled by the counsell of his owne will Wherewith doth he raigne and rule Principally by his owne powerfull spirit which none can resist What end doth hee propound vnto himselfe in his kingdome His owne glorie VVhat is that about which his kingdome is occupied All things visible and inuisible VVhen shall it end Neuer either in this world or in the world to come VVhat manner of kingdome is it Psal 45.7 97.2 A righteous kingdome VVhat instruction gather you of this that God reigneth First that all nations and sorts of men tremble for that hee alone is able to saue and to destroy For if men tremble vnder the regiment and kingly rule of men how much more ought wee to tremble vnder the powerfull kingdome of God which hath more power ouer them then they haue ouer their subiects This trembling doth it stand only in feare Psal 2. No but in reuerence also that that which wee comprehend not in this kingdome with our reason we reuerence and adore VVhat learne you thereby That we subiect our selues to his kingdom erected amongst vs that wee presume to know nothing but that he teacheth vs to will nothing but what he biddeth vs to loue hate feare and affect nothing but as he requireth VVhat other fruis are there of his kingdome That hee ought to bee magnified because hee is great and fearefull and yet holie and holinesse it selfe