Life eternall, or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes : delivered in xviii sermons . THE ELEVENTH SERMON. E x O ; 14. u^^Mofes faid unto God, Behold when I comeunto the children of ifrael, and flail fay untothem, the God of your fathers hath fent mee untoyou, and they fb all fay unto mejvhat is his name^whatjhall I fa) unto them f ^indGodfaiduntoMofes, / ^iM, THAT I Second ufe from this point isthis: If God be zfpirit, then hisdominion igovemment, and provi-dence is chiefly exercifedonthefpirits of men. It is true, hisprovidence is over all things thatbel
Life eternall, or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes : delivered in xviii sermons . THE ELEVENTH SERMON. E x O ; 14. u^^Mofes faid unto God, Behold when I comeunto the children of ifrael, and flail fay untothem, the God of your fathers hath fent mee untoyou, and they fb all fay unto mejvhat is his name^whatjhall I fa) unto them f ^indGodfaiduntoMofes, / ^iM, THAT I Second ufe from this point isthis: If God be zfpirit, then hisdominion igovemment, and provi-dence is chiefly exercifedonthefpirits of men. It is true, hisprovidence is over all things thatbelong to us: but, as he is in himfelfe a Spirit,fo he puts forth, and exercifeth this power ofhis principally in guiding the fpirits of men,and in. Ffez. His govern*ment chieflycxerciled oathcfpiiitsofmen. z6 The Simpli city of God, Rom: 14-17* Pfel,l*.i4*if Spirituall iudgemems thegrcateft* in that you 2re chiefly to obfcrvc his provi-dence toward you. And that you ihall fee inRom. The kingddme ofGod,ihd£ is,his ruleand government, isnotinmeateanddrinke, forthey are outward things, and hee that is a fpirit,regards them not 5 but it is in rightcoufnejfe andpeace, and joy in the holy Ghoft : that is, in thethings that belong to the fpirit, therein is hiskingdome,and dominion chiefly exercifed. Soalfo,P/^/. ,15- From the place of his habita-tion hee looketh downe upon all the inhabitants ofthe earth: hee fafnoneth their hearts alike Jieeconfi-dercth all their workcs. Marke it,when God looksdowne from heaven, and beheldes the children ofmnjhz chiefeft thing that he doth, wherein hisgovernment is exercifed,is,inthat hee fafhionstheir hearts and fpirits: and therefore thofce-tcrnall fubje&s of his that live with him f
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