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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18711	Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church.	Church, Hen. (Henry), fl. 1636-1638.	1637 (1637)	STC 5217; ESTC S107879	200,401	392

our conceits capacities and inventions T is the Court of the glorious God compared to a City whose gates are pearles whose walls precious stones the streets gold the inhabitants are Kings there is the glory of Gods presence all is light and day and no darknesse nor night 't is the kingdome of glory there are Crownes of glory laid up for vessels of mercy prepared for glory 3. Of the glory of the visible heavens the heavens have the preheminence and are the most excellent the waters excell the earth the aire excells the water and the heavens for largenesse clearenesse pur●nesse excell all under them and have this honor to declare the glory of God Psal 19.1 4. The ornaments of heaven are glorious the sunne is glorious in magnitude brightnesse swiftnesse efficacy and operation enlightning and heating the aire exhaling the waters quickning the earth and making fruitfull the earth with trees herbes and plants c. The Moone hath her glory though it be borrowed and her excellency appeares in the darke when we most need her light in the Canticles her fairenesse is commended 1. Cor. 15. and shee is one of the glorious workes of God The Starres have glory differing one from another and adorne the heavens with their bespangled brightnesse like a curious embroydered Canopy glorious to our eyes The Earth hath the glory of stability riches and variety among all that are taken out of it man is a glorious peece of workmanship whose foundation 〈…〉 the dust young mens glory is their strength and the glory of the aged is the gray-head Princes have their glory and great men according to their dignity but among men none have the glory and honor like to the regenerate man he is honorable by faith Iohn 1.12 and is glorious within they are changed from glory to glory 2. Cor. 3. they have a glorious head Iames 2.1 a glorious guard Heb. 1. last vers glorious food Gods ordinances glorious apparell Christs righteousnesse they are called the glory Isai 4.5 the spirit of glory rests on them 1. Pet. 4. they are heires of glory The Sea hath his glory for largenesse and terriblenesse and strength carrying the mighty ships there sports the great Leviathan and there are fishes innumerable The sea hath his proud waves of great height and quantity yet is honorable for this that it keeps within his bounds at the Creators command Sect. 3 Thirdly Of the glory of the Creator HIs glory is essential he is clothed with Majesty and glory Ps 104.1 so glorious is the Lord that the very angels cover their faces before him The Father is called the God of glory Acts 7.1 if the whole Trinity be there meant the Father is not excluded Christ is called our glorious Lord Iesus Christ Iames 2.1 The holy Ghost is called the spirit of glory 1. Pet. 4.14 all the g●ory in the creatures is but as a drop compared with the Ocean he had glory before there was a world Ioh. 17.5 and all creatures can adde nothing to his glory for it is not capable of addition he doth manifest his glory to the creatures and we give him glory by taking notice of his excellency and r●ndering praises and acknowledging that is in him already Sect. 4 Fourthly Questions resolved Quest 1 WHerein doe men most usually glory Answ In wisedome strength riches Ier. 9.23 Quest Why doe men glory in their wisedome Answ 1. Their wisedome and knowledge puffes them up 1. Cor. 8.1 cognitio inflat knowledge makes them swolne and filled with winde they looke on their bulke and bignesse and doe forget they want the substance of faith and love 2. They thinke by their wisedome to doe great matters to suppresse those they would not have rise Exodus 1.10 3. When they effect their enterprises and get into favour or prevaile against those they hate that they applaud their wits like those that sacrifice to their nets Habbak 1.16 Quest 3 Why doe men glory in their strength Answ 1. Because they compare themselves with those are weake and feeble 2. They overmaster others and command them and glory in that strength and power which subdued them 3. They thinke to prevent and withstand those which dare oppose them Quest 4 Why doe men glory in their riches Answ 1. Because of the supposed good they thinke riches can procure them as friends places of preferments costly buildings dainty fare many attendants and servitors and to become as the great men of the earth 2. Because of the supposed evill they thinke riches will free them from Prov. 11.11 therefore t is said riches in their imagination is as a strong City and a high wall to shelter them 3. They have thoughts of the perpetuity of their riches to their posterity Psalm 49. contriving to assure them to their childrens children 4. Because they see others sue to them stand with cap and knee before them runne and goe at their becke affraid to displease them these causes make them glory in riches Quest 5 What is it to glory in God Answ T is to have an inward joy manifested by outward expressions Psal 33.21 so the word signifies Laetatur and Psalm 34.2 my soule shall glory in the Lord 1. Cor. 1.31 That he that glorieth may glory in the Lord we must not arrogate to our selves but all to God he is wisedome to our understanding righteousnesse to justifie us sanctification to renew us and redemption to our bodies and soules 1. God is our wisedome to teach us knowledge and give us light 2. Cor. 4.6 2. God is our strength Psal 59.17 3. God is our riches and our portion Psalm 119.57 therefore we should glory in him Quest 6 What is vaine glory Answ It is when a man seekes his owne glory as the end hee aimes at Iohn 7.18 He that speaketh of himselfe seeketh his owne glory Prov. 25.27 To seeke diligently * Pervestigari our owne glory is no glory glory and honour may bee enjoyed but we must not seeke it earnestly from men then it is vaine if wee seeke it then it must be in the second place moderately orderly else it is vaine a fruit of the flesh and it is sought from vaine men it is most uncertaine and gives no sound satisfaction being vaine Quest 7 What is the right way to seeke glory Answ 1. To abase our selves then we shall be exalted and honoured 1. Pet. 5.6 2. To grow stronger in faith Iohn 1.12 3. To practise good workes Matth. 5.16 Acts 10.4 Quest 8 What kinde of workes doe glorifie God Answ 1. To repent and turne from sinne Revel 16.9 2. To give to the poore Prov. 3.9 3. To sanctifie the Sabbath Isaiah 58.13 4. To praise the Lord. Psalme ●o last verse Quest 9 How may we know wee doe seeke the glory of God Answ 1. Though our selves be commended wee are displeased if we see not honour redound to the Lord. 2. We are content to lose that God may gaine honor 3. Though

lost by Adams fall and though the Oxe knowes his owner and the Asse his Masters crib yet those naturall men that have most meanes of knowledge living in the visible Church are ignorant of God Isai 1.3 Ier. 4.21 As for Pagans they are more remote from saving knowledge and are said to be darknesse Ephes 5.8 full of darknesse Rom. 1.21 and to be without the Knowledge of God 1 Thes 4.5 Secondly we are receivers of saving knowledge being destitute of it in our selves It is given us from him who both gives every good giving and every perfect gift Iames 1.17 It is the Lord opens our eyes Acts 26.18 and gives us the spirit of Revelation Ephes 1.17 It is God shines into our hearts to give us the light of saving knowledge 2 Cor. 4.6 3. How we attaine saving knowledge 1. We attaine it freely without merit Gods Will is the cause wee know him and partake of mercy Ier. 31 33 34. 2. We obtaine saving knowledge by vertue of the new Covenant God hath promised this blessing to his people Heb. 8.11 3. Wee obtaine it by the Word published and preached Ier. 3.15 We are fed with knowledge not starved with ignorance 4. By our union with Christ in him are all the Treasures of knowledge and wee are enricht by our union and conformable to our Head in knowledge Col. 2.3 5. By the cohabitation of the spirit hee brings saving light with him 1. Iohn 2.20 As the Spirit is an unction for our honour and life and quickning so he is a Teacher to give light and direction Question How is saving knowledge preserved Answ 1. By the meanes that doe beget it the Word begets knowledge so the Word preserves it How it s preserved 2. It is preserved by exercise exercising our understanding to know studying heavenly things keepes knowledge from decay and addes to it 3. By committing our knowledge and our soules and all to keep to him is able to preserve us where we make a surrender there God is a Preserver 4. We tye things that we feare to lose tye the knowledge to the Rule and let the Knowledge and the Word be united as the Cause and the Effect 5. Fasten something to knowledge that it may abide fasten to it Humility Love and Practice then it will remaine 6. Conferre with others communicate what you know partake of others knowledge mutuall exchange makes a combination so we are more firme 7. Esteeme of knowledge as of your greatest treasure then your care will be to keepe your Jewell lock it up in a good conscience and it will bee safe and sure 8. Delight in knowledge and take pleasure in understanding then no price can buy it and wee shall still be conversant with it and never let it depart from us Question What is God This is one of the deepest questions in Religion It is reported of the heathen he required three dayes to answer then three dayes more still three more for the more he studied he found his weaknesse to answer Answer We soone may erre in our definition of God our errors herein are most dangerous if they be defended damnable Yet it is necessary to give an answer as wee are able 1. Because some will question Where is your God Psal 42.10 2. To stay our owne thoughts which are restlesse till we can conclude something concerning God our satisfaction is the more to know a glimpse of God and to perceive him wee may have this knowledge encreased a little here and much hereafter 3. In respect of the worship of God We must worship that we know John 4.22 t is reproved to worship an unknowne God Act 17 23. 1. To speake what God is the safer way is to declare negatively what he is not He is not Mortall Corporall Corruptible thus we ascribe to him all excellency 2. To know what God is let us search the Scripture for his word can best testifie of him Psalme 138.2 Iohn 5.39 3. We must conclude all we can know of God is but in part here in this life We heare of him but a little portion Job 26.14 Wee know in part and see but darkly as through a perspective glasse 1. Cor. 13.12 4. The end of our study to know God should bee for to glorifie him by our acknowledgement of him to bee the onely and absolute Lord admiration of his excellency praising of him in our speeches actions sufferings of which we shall consider in the next place It will the better be answered if we consider 1. What he is not 2. What he is First God is not 1. Created 2. Visible 3. Comprehended 1. God is not created but the Creator Gen. 1.1 1. What God is not 1. not created All we can conceive of or number is comprehended under two heads the Creator and the Creatures God is the Creator all besides himselfe are Creatures both the Angels the heavens the earth and all things in them whatsoever 2. God is not visible our bodies cannot see a spirit 2. Not visible God is a most pure and spirituall Essence therefore cannot be seene 3. God is not comprehended our capacity is too shallow to conceive of him he is invisible to our bodies 3. Not comprehended and incomprehensible to our soules Quest What meane you by Incomprehensible Answ The word Incomprehensible signifies that wich cannot be found out or numbred Tremelius and Junius use a word in Psalme 145.3 Pervestigationem esse which is a finding out To shew the meaning of Gods incomprehensiblenesse he saith Magnitudini ejus non esse pervestigationem his greatnesse is incomprehensible that is cannot be found out Wilson expounding Incomprehensible saith 't is that the World cannot containe nor mans wit conceive 2. What God is Secondly what God is 1. He is the Creator of all things 2. Invisible to the eye 3. Incomprehensible to the minde 1. He is a Creator First he is a Creator of all things therefore is to be separated from the creatures in our distinctions and is above the creatures in priority of dignity and time To create is to worke without instruments or materials What it is to create Applications 1. To conceive of God as a Creator above all created Natures whatsoever Rom. 11.36 Of him through him and for him are all things Of him as the first Cause by him as the Preserver for him as their End wherfore they were made Of him without any mover by him without a helper for him and none other cause 2. Not to contend with●●● our Creator about his Decrees or proceedings this is to bring a woe upon our selves Rom. 9.20 to strive with our Maker Isai 45.9 3. To praise and glorifie him for this because he created all things Revel 4 11. Thou art worthy to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things Secondly God is invisible to the eye Iohn 1.18 No man hath seene God at any time 2. He