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Beams of divine light: or Some brief hints of the being and attributes of God and of the three persons in the God-Head. Also proving the deity of Christ, and of the Holy-Ghost. Written at the request of a most pious, and and honourable citizen of London. And published by him for the sake of the poorer sort of Christians, in these perilous times.
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Cursed is Man that trusteth in Man and mâââ Flesh his Arm if therefore Christ be no mothan a meer Man we are Cursed of God we trust in him 5. Furthermore then also Chââ could not satisfie Divine Jusâice for our Sââ which were imputed to him because ââ nite Being or a meer Creature could ââ satisfie Infinite Justice and then also it ââ follow that we are yet in our Sins Rom. 5.18 19 20. and cââ not be justified by his Righteousness or Oââ dience 6. Then also it is a Vain Thing to call ââ on Jesus Christ or to pray unto him ââ cause he cannot hear us if he be a ââ Creature neither doth he know our Waâââ yet we read of such that called upon Chââââ Name Acts 7.60 and of Stephen who Called ââân ââ saying * He called on God and that God was the Lord Jesus Lord âsefus receive my Spirit 7. Furthermore if Jesus of Nazarâââ not God Most High he cannot judge the ââ crets of all Hearts because none but Gââ ââoweth and searcheth the Heart besides Jer. 17. Isa 12.3 't is ââstively said that He shall not judge after the ââght of his Eyes nor after the Hearing of the ââs 2ly and Lastly If Christ be not God by âature he shall perish because 't is said The ââds that made not the Heavens and the Earth all perish These Things being so abhor âe Damnaeble Heresies of the Socinians and âââans and the Destable and Damnable ââresie of one Matthew Caffin of Sussex and âold all that favour him or are his Abetââs for this Caffin with one Allen in my ââaring about Twelve Months agoe in a Disââe did deny that Christ was God by Naââ or God of the Essence of the Father or âân of the Substance of the Blessed Virgin or the Seed of Abraham * Those Two Things âere the Matter of the Dispute âO come not near their Meetings Nor the âârs of these Men until they have purged ânselves from the Heresie of this Evil Perââ and Grand Heretick Destroy the Foundaââ and what can the Righteous do That the Holy Ghost hath a Personal Existence and is God âHat which we mean is this that the Holy ââ Ghost is an Eternal Divine Existing â Mance or the same God or Essence with ââ Father and the Son or an Intelligent ââântary Divine Agent he knoweth he ââketh he willeth and is therefore an ââlligent Agent or Personal Subsistence â By the Spirit were the Heavens made ââ were garnished Psal 33.6 Job 26.13 The Spirit of God hath ââene 2. Act. 5.3 4. 1 Cor. 3.16 The Holy Ghost is called God 3. The Saints are the Temple of God cause the Spirit dwelleth in them 4. We are baptized into the Name ââ Father Mat. 28.19 Son and Spirit therefore the Sâââ is the same God with the Father and Soâ we are to worship and live to him 5. Mat. 12.31 The Blasphemy against the Spirit ãâã not be forgiven unto Men hence he ãâã sinn'd against with the greatest Aggravatâ therefore he is God 6. Joh. 14.26 He is called the Comforter which ãâã Personal Appellation 7. He hath Personal Properties assââ unto him 1 Cor. 12.11 as a Will He divideth uââ One as he will And hath also an Uâstanding 8. He is the Voluntary Author of all vine Operations He cherished the Cruââ moved upon the Waters Gen. 5.3 he formed the âvens he spake by the Prophets he eâââneth reneweth regenerates sancâââ guideth and teacheth us these Things ãâã he is God as well as his Personality 9. He is the Object of our Faith ãâã Love and Obedience 10. Eph. 4.30 We may grieve him Nay vex him so we cannot be said to do to a meeâ vine Quality or Operation Grief deââ or belongs to a Person 11. He is a Ruler a Governour and ââeth and disposeth of things according the Counsel of his own Will and giveth Gââ and Grace unto Men therefore God ãâã Divine Person 12. He is said to be sent and to desces likeness of a Dove upon our Saviour Mat. 3. he ãâã on him a Visible Shape to make a ãâã Representation of himself tho' he is a Spirit or a Divine Subsistence yet this was to shew he subsisteth of himself as doth the Father and Son so subsist 13. He is said to appoint or make Overseers Act. 20.28 or give Pastors to the Church 14. We have Communion with the Holy Spirit as with the Father and the Son 15. The New Creature is formed by him John 6.63 and 't is he that quickeneth us therefore he is God and a Divine Person also can he form Christ in us and not be God 16. The Holy Spirit is Omniscient The Spirit searcheth all Things yea 1 Cor. 2.10 the deep Things ââ God therefore the Holy Spirit is God or ân Infinite Essence having an Infinite Understanding 17. The Holy Spirit is Omnipresent Whether ââall I go from thy Spirit therefore God Psal 139 7. 18. The Holy Spirit is Immense or Infinite âe that fills Heaven and Earth or is every âhere and out of whose Presence we cannot go is the Eternal God but the Spirit is ââmense and Infinite filling Heaven and Earth ââe Ergo The Spirit is God 19. The Holy Ghost is Eternal he is called âe Eternal Spirit Heb. 9.14 therefore the Most High âod 20. He hath the Power of the Highest âerefore God Omnipotent Luke 1.35 The Power of the ââghest shall over-shadow thee 21. The Holy Spirit raiseth the Dead He ââsed Christ from the Dead he was Quickeââ by the Spirit therefore God 1 Pet. 3.18 22. Prayer ought to be made to the Holy âârit as unto the Father and Son 2 Cor. 13.14 and so ââal Glory is to be given to him therefore ãâã is the Most High God To Conclude Great is the Mystery of Gââliness 1 Tim. 3.16 and tho' the Mystery of the Trâââââ lies above our Reason yet we must maââ an Article of our Faith and if we can't gâââ a Reason of some Things in the Creature ãâã any Wonder we can't comprehend the ãâã Things of the Creator but tho' it be thââ yet we are bound to receive the Revelââ we have of God in his Word There are ãâã that bear Record in Heaven c. and these ãâã are One that is One God One in Essenââ And as Dr. Owen noteth On the Trinity p. 112. the Distincââ which the Soripture reveals between ãâã Son and Spirit is that whereby they ãâã Three Hypostasis or Persons distinctly âââing in the same Divine Essence upon ãâã Account of an Especial Property subââââ in an Especial Manner as in the Persââ the Father there is the Divine Essence ãâã Being with the Property of begetting ãâã Son subsisting in an Especial Manneââ the Father and the like of the Son and ãâã Holy Spirit so that each Person hath ãâã whole Divine Nature or Godhead in ãâã the Wisdom of God the Understanding God the Will of God the Immensââ God c. is in each Person not as a ââââââson but as that Person is God and as ãâã deed more to be adored then compreheââ And now unto the Father and the Sâââ the Holy Ghost be Glory Honour Wâââ Power Praise and all Divine Adoratiââ Ever and Ever Amen FINIS THe Jewish Sabbath abrogated Oâââ Saturday Sabbatarians confuted ãâã Parts c. By Benj. Keach
Beams of Divine Light OR Some Brief Hints OF THE Being and Attributes OF GOD And of the Three Persons In the GOD-HEAD Also Proving The Deity of CHRIST and of the HOLY-GHOST Written at the Request of a most Pious and and Honourable Citizen of LONDON And Published by him for the sake of the poorer sort of Christians in these Perilous Times LONDON Printed by K. Astwood and Sold by William Marshall at the Bible in Newgate-street 1700. Beams of Divine Light OR Some Brief Hints OF THE Being and Attributes OF GOD c. ãâã WHat is God Answ God is a Spirit * Joh. 4.24 ãâã the Simplicity of God he is without ãâã âmposition without any Parts being ãâã âorporal or Material Substance not ãâã a Body and Soul as we have no mixââââ Matter he is not a Visible Substance ââââily Form ãâã What a kind of Spirit is God He is an Uncreated Infinite Spirit ãâã differs from all Created Spirits or Beââââââich are finite and were created Isa 44.6 Rev. 1.8 but ãâã a Being a Spirit of himself and from âââââting ãâã What do you learn from hence viz. That ãâã Spirit 1. I learn that God in respect of his ãâã is but One if God were not a Spiââââould not be One. 2. That God is Invisible 1 Tim. 1.17 Luke 24.39 for had God ãâã Body as we have he might be seen with Corporal Eyes but being a Spirit he caââ not 3. If he was not a Spirit he could not bâ Infinite for all Bodies are of a Finite Nature every Material Body or Material Thiâââ is terminated or limited Q. If God be a Spirit why are the Parts ãâã Members of an Human Body and Natural Afââctions ascribed unto God as Head Eyes Haââââ Arm Mouth c. A. This is only in Condescension to ãâã Weakness and not properly but impââperly spoken of God or Metaphoricallâââ therefore we must not conceive of God ââcording to such Expressions but the ãâã Intent of them Q. When Eyes are attributed unto God ãâã are we to understand thereby Heb. 4.13 A. 1. The perfect Sight and Knowledge ãâã hath of all Things and Persons 2. 1 King 9.3 Deut. 11.12 Job 10.4 His Providence and Care over ãâã especially his own People Not that God hath such Eyes as we ãâã Hast thou Eyes of Flesh or seest thou as Man ãâã is a Spirit therefore cannot have Eyes ãâã Flesh He is all Eye saith Caryl He ãâã made the Eye shall not he know Q. What are we to understand by the ãâã of God A. 1. God's Almighty Power by ãâã he worketh Exod. 15.6 or doth whatsoever he please ãâã because Man by his Hand doth this or ãâã Q. What is meant by the Right Hand of ãâã A. The Omnipotent Power of God Psal 118.15 16. Exod. 15.6 12. either ââerted in a way of Rich Mercy to his Peââââ or great Wrath to his Enemies 2. His Hand also signifies his Purpose or Counsel Isa 49.22 Acts 4.28 Ears also are ascribed to God Psal 10.17.31 Psal 55.1 signifying not only his Knowledge of all Things done on Earth but that he also understandeth and approves of the Prayers of his People An Arm also is attributed unto God Isa 30.30 Job 40.4 Psal 77.16 to signifie his mighty Strength because the Strength of a Man is known by his Arm. 2. Sometimes by his Arm is meant Jesus Christ Isa 53.1 because in him all the Attributes of God meet in Harmony and are united together to save lost Sinners and from hence Christ is called the Power of God 3. By Arm of God also is meant the Gospel Isa 52.7 8 10. Toe Lord hath made bare his Holy Arm ãâã the Eyes of all Nations and all the Ends of âhe Earth shall see his Salvation Q. What are the Blessed Attributes and Proâerties of God What the Attributes of God are A. Omniscience Omnipresence Omnipotence Immutability Simplicity Infiniteâess Eternity these are Incommunicable Attributes Holiness Wisdom Justice Goodness Faithfulness Patience c. Q. What is God's Omnisciency What is God's Omnisciency Psal 147.5 Joh. 21.27 Acts 15 18. A. It is his Infinite Knowledge and Underââanding whereby he knows all Things and Persons in Heaven and Earth even the Thoughts Purposes and Intentions of all Hearts God doth not need any should inâârm him what our States Wants Fears âangers or Afflictions are Q. What do you learn from hence that God is ââniscient sees and knows all Things A. 1. I learn hereby to know Christ is God What to learn hereby Joh. 2.25 âecause he knows all Things and searches the Heart and the Reins 2. This teaches me also to carry and behave my self with all Holy and Godly Fear in all Company and to take Care of my Thoughts Words and Actions because all are Observed and Known by the God of Knowledge 3. That I cannot commit Sin in any Secret Place but God sees me there being no Place in which I can hide my self from his All-seeing Eyes 4. That if I am not sincere but Hypocritical I may deceive Men yet I can't deceive God 5. That such who deny God's Omniscience do deny God himself this being an Essential Property of his very Nature and Being 6. That I need not fear what Men design against me in secret because God who is my God sees and knows all that they purpose or design against me 7. Also if when Men unjustly accuse me of Hypocrisie God knows my Sincerity and hereby I receive Comfort Q. What do you mean when you say God is Omnipresent What Gods Omnipresence is Job 22.14 Jer. 23.24 Isa 40.21.15 Psal 139.1 8. A. That God is not a finite Being or is not only in Heaven but that he is on Earth also yea every where present with me beholding and looking upon me and so with all Persons throughout the whole Earth filling Heaven and Earth nay and that he is Essentially present in all Places with all Creatures without any Division of himself not one Part of his Essence in one Place and another Part in other Places but that he is wholly every where If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there or if I make my Bed in Hell thou art there Q. What do you learn from hence that God is ãâã where present A. 1. That God's Perfections are Infinite What to learn hereby ãâã that an Infinite Essence hath and must âave an Infinite Presence 2. That out of his Essential Presence I âor any other can go 3. I learn from hence also to know Mat. 28.20 that ââelus Christ is the Eternal od because he ââys Lo I am with you always to the End of the âuld and is in the midst of them who are âât together to worship him John 3.13 Joh. 1.10 he was in âeaven when his Humane Body was on âe Earth 4. I learn if God be present every where ãâã must needs know what is done every âhere 5. That since God