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A34527 Gods providence, a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Decemb. 28, 1642, in S. Margarets Church at Westminster by Ed. Corbett ... Corbet, Edward, d. 1658. 1642 (1642) Wing C6241; ESTC R20147 26,491 35

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Gods Providence A SERMON Preached before the Honourable House of COMMONS at their late solemne Fast Decemb. 28. Anno 1642 in S. Margaret's Church at Westminster By ED. CORBETT fellow of MERTON Colledge in Oxford Published by Order of the said House LONDON Printed by Tho Badger for Robert Bostock dwelling in Pa 〈…〉 Church-yard at the signe of the King's head 1642. To the Honourable House of COMMONS now assembled In PARLIAMENT THe same reason which first moved me to undertake this work makes me now such as it is to publish it Obedience to this Honourable House which did then answer those discouraging arguments of my great imperfections the want of my study my little acquaintance in practicall Divinity And doth still excuse me in any thing else but Sin For I have taught my eyes to read much Divinity in Mans command I can deny my selfe to serve my Superiors Indeed the voyce of God makes me deaf to Humane Institutions And when Heaven speaks I do not understand the language of the World Disobedience in such a case is Devotion and the greatest Rebell the best Christian If no other motive could subdue my thoughts to this beleefe S. Paul is plain and positive in my Text shewing the vanity deceiptfulnesse of all the Creature 's excellency the power weaknesse the riches poverty the wisdom folly That God alone is power and riches and wisdom and all things And surely this argument deserves the severest study the most holy Meditations of every child of Adam and therefore cannot be unwelcome to a great Councel of wise Senators who have received a large measure a full cup of Divine Providence and inspight of Rome continue succesfull In which discourse I proceed as much as my memory would give leave by example and matter of fact which brings the Conclusion to our bosomes and is more working than speculation The unskilfulnes of the pen I hope will not take off from the power of the subject the rude clothing cannot more offend the eye than the pretious body may affect the heart In which assurance I remaine Your unworthy servant EDW. CORBEETT Gods Providence A Sermon preached at the late Fast before the Honourable House of Commons 1. Cor. 1.27 God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise HAD we no other light but that of Nature and no other writings but the book of the world we might read a God and see his Providence But to find a Saviour to know a Gospell to understand the mysteries of Salvation is above the Art of humane learning the spirit of God must be our Tutor therein and the Holy Scriptures only can teach and give us such a lesson For God hath hid those secrets from the Scribes and great Philosophers of the earth he hath cast away the understanding of the Prudent as the Apostle speaks And hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise My text is of that Nature as will not easily admit a Division I shall therefore insist upon three Propositions which I conceive do naturally arise and which I hope will give the full sense and scope of the words First {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} hath chosen Imports Gods eternall choice the Councell of his will his Providence by which he rules and governs all things and therefore thence I shall take this for my 1. Proposition PROP. 1. Gods will hath an effectuall Influence upon all the Creatures Secondly {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the foolishnesse of the world that which in the Iudgement of worldly men is vaine and foolish by Gods power is of great value and vertue whence I raise this 2. Proposition PROP. 2. Foolish things in the Judgement of the world are in great esteeme with our wise God Thirdly {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} to confound or make ashamed That which is weak and foolish and nothing regarded by carnall Eyes confounds many times the greatest power and wisdom and by the hand of Providence brings ruine and shame upon that which wordly-men most glory and confide in whence I shall infer my 3. Proposition PROP. 3. God can effect great and glorious designes by weak and improbable meanes Every proposition would afford abundant matter for a distinct Sermon I can therefore only point at some generall heads and as it were give you a little map of this great Country taking my propositions in that order which I have mentioned 1. Gods will hath an effectuall Influence upon all the Creatures The Nature and Condition of Gods will with those distinctions and difficulties disputed amongst the school-men and betwixt the Arminians and Contra-Arminians are either too high for humane understanding to reach or else are piously resolved by learned pens already I shall only touch upon the power and providence thereof so far as may conduce to the quieting of our thoughts in these distracted times and to give us patience comfort in the middest of all afflictions And to this purpose David assures us that our God is in heaven he doth whatsoever he will and S. Paul that God worketh all things according to the counsell of his own will And Iustin Martyr with Saint Aug. that Gods will is the cause of all things What confusion cannot he order what wisdom cannot he frustrate what weaknesse cannot he enable Nothing so high that is above his command nothing so low that is beneath his Providence If the Potter have power of the same lumpe to make one vessell to honour and another to dishonour and to preserve or break in pieces what he hath made when as the vessell depends upon the earth of which it consists of the water by which it was tempered of the wheele which fashioned it and of the fire which baked and hardened all How much more shall the God Almightie who giveth to every creature matter and forme vertue and activity and beautie exercise his will upon them How much more shall he build up and pull down save and destroy and dispose them as seemeth good unto him Neabuchodonezor one of the greatest and proudest Kings that ever was will confesse as much Dan. 4.32 according to his will he worketh in the Army of heaven and in the inhabitants of the earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him what dost thou the Armies of heaven do acknowledge God in all their wayes Legions of Angells who excell in strength who are as full of power as of glory and know no Law but their makers pleasure The inhabitants of the earth Men and Divells whatsoever the Sun hath looked upon or the creation hath raised from nothing have this necessity upon them to obey the Almighties will and while they rush against his Counsell to fulfill it which may appeare more distinctly by considering three particulars 1. Every Creature depends on God Every creature is the effect of God secundum esse essentially depends upon him or as