A Sermon of Gods Providence, Part 1
A SERMON of Gods Prouidence.
Uery godly and profitable: Preached at Southſhoobery in Eſſex, by Arthur Dent, Miniſter of Gods word.
The third impreſſion.
Iohn. 19 verſ. 10. 11.
Then ſaid Pylate vntounto him, ſpeakeſt thou not vntounto mee, knoweſt thou not that I hauehave power to crucifie thee, and hauehave power to loſe thee.
Ieſus anſwered, thou couldeſt hauehave no power at all againſt mee, except it were giuen thee from aboue.
Imprinted at London for Iohn UUright. 1609.
A platforme made for …e proofe of Gods prouidente, that is, …r the examining of the trueth of this …ctrine, whether God by his prouidence, rule all things generally, and eueryevery creature, and action particularly.
Text.
…lotte is caſt into the lap, but the whole diſpoſition thereof, is of the Lord.
Prou. 10. 33.
IT were to be wiſhed that all Chriſtians did vnderſtand, that, which with mouth they confeſſe, when they rehearſe the articles of their …th, gathered out of the Apoſtles …ine.
The Conſeſſion is briefe, and eueryevery …rde in it very ſignificant, and well …erſtood, would roote all hereſies out …ur mindes.
The principles of religion are ther… contained, and if hée bée but a w… Philoſopher, that is ignorant in … principles of Philoſophy, and if it b… ſhame for all artificers to be ignor… in the grounds of thoſe artes they profeſſe, it is a greater ſhame for vsus Chriſtians to make ſhew of chriſtianity, a… yet to be ignorant in the rudimen to our Religion.
I would to God that eueryevery one, … hath the name of a chriſtiā, did throughly vnderſtand, & were fully inſtruct in them, then néeded not I labour much, for the proofe of this doctrine.
For eueryevery one of vsus, when we do o… feſſe God to be almighty, doe acknowledge that he by his prouidence rul… eueryevery thing: and that wee may knew what we ſay, I purpoſe chiefly to hadle theſe two points.
Firſt that Chriſt the Sonne of G… hath the ſelfe ſame prouidence, the God the Father hath: Secondly, t… the prouidence of God, doth goue… all things generally, and eueryevery ſpec… thing ſpecially.
And yet in handling theſe two, I … not recite all that may be ſaid touching his matter, but only touch ſome chiefe pointes ſummarily, which may helpe …n the better to vnderſtand the large and learned tracts, that many notable …en hauehave written hereof. For the firſt: