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A77730 The antinomians Christ confovnded, and the Lords Christ exalted. In which is contained a briefe confutation of Dr. Crispe and Mr Lancaster. Also, a combat with the Antinomians Christ in his den, his arraignment; and the fainting soule built upon the true rocke, against which the gates of hell shall not prevaile, Mat. 6.18. Imprimatur James Cranford. Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19. 1644 (1644) Wing B527; Thomason E17_16; ESTC R11989 75,787 71

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Secondly we may know the true God from all false gods by this that he is infinite First in his unmeasurable greatnesse Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised and his greatnesse is unsearchable Psal 145.3 Behold God is great and we know him not Job 36.26 Behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot containe thee 2 Chr. 6 18. He is omnipresent in all places Whither shall I goe from thy presence To heaven thou art there to hell thou art there to the bottom of the sea thou art there Ps 139.7 8.9 But no other God is so Secondly God is infinite in his unmeasurable age and time of his being there was none before him nor shal e any after him He is Alpha Omega the first and the last Rev. 1.8 His days cannot be searchen out Job 36.26 Thy yea●es have no end Psa 202.27 From everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psal 90.2 The Lord is the true God he is the living God and an everlasting King Jer. 10.10 But no other God is so Thirdly God is infinite in his wisedome understanding Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisedome and knowledg of God how unsearchable are his judgments and his wayes past finding out Rom. 11.33 Great is the Lord his understanding is infinite Psa 147.5 The Lord knows the hearts of men Psal 94.11 He seeth not as man seeth he looketh on the heart 1 Sam. 16.7 Hee knowes all things John 21.17 Thine eyes are open upon all the wayes of the sons of men Jer. 32.19 All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom wee have to do Heb. 4.13 Yea the darknesse hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day the darknesse and the light are both alike unto thee Psal 139.12 But thus no other God can do Fourthly God is infinite in this that he is unchangeable or immutable The finite creatures change daily But the Lord is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 I am the Lord I change not Mal. 3.6 With him there is no variablenesse not shadow of turning Jam. 1.17 The heavens wax old as a garment and as a vesture shal be changed But thou art the same for ever Ps 102.27 Heb. 1.12 God said to Moses I am that I am Exo. 3.14 That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal 83.18 Hee hath his being of and from himselfe being alone Independant who gives ceing to all his promises all creatures have their being from him In him we live move and have our being he giveth to all life and breath and all things Acts 17.25.28 Therefore he alone is unchangeable but all other Gods are vanity Zech. 10.2 Fifthly God is infinite in his righteousnesse and holinesse The Judge of all the earth will do right Gen. 18.25 The Almighty will nor pervert judgement he accepteth not the persons of Princes nor regardeth the rich more then the poore for they are all the work of his hands Iob 34.12.19 And his holinesse is such that cannot be defiled with sin although he is in all places where sin is committed and hath a hand in all finfull actions The hand that is stretched out to slay another is moved by the Lord and the tongue that blasphemes his holy Name is moved by him For in him we live move and have our being Acts 17.28 Yet he is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his works Psal 145.17 His work is perfect for all his wayes are judgment a God of truth without iniquity just true is hee Deut. 32.4 Hee wil by no meanes cleare the guilty Exod. 34.7 Nor spare his owne Son when our sins were imputed to him Rom. 8.32 Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6.20 The Angels cover their faces as not being able to behold the glory of his holinesse and they cover their feet being ashamed that he should behold their infirmity And they cry out one to another saying holy holy holy Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of thy glory And the Prophet cryes out saying Woe is me for I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwel in the middest of a people of uncleane lips For mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Host Isa 6.2.3.5 For who among the Gods is like unto thee glorious in holinesse Exod. 15.11 Sixtly God is infinite in power he can do more then he wil do Mat. 3.9 Is any thing too hard for the Lord Gen. 18.14 Ier. 32.17 Who hath resisted his will Rom. 9.19 Our God is in the heaven and hath done whatsoever he pleased Psal 115.3.135.6 Our God in fixe dayes made the heavens the earth the sea and all the creatures in them Exod. 20. But those gods that have not made the heavens and the earth even they shal perish from the earth and from under those heavens But our God hath made the earth by his power he established the world by his wisedome and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Ier. 10.11 12. Then let us not halt between two opinions When the people saw his power they fell on their faces and said the Lord he is the God the Lord he it the God 1 Kings 18.21.39 Of what did the Lord make the world and by what meanes is it continued and upheld Answ The Lord made all things of nothing Things that are seen were made of things which do not appeare Hebr. 11.3 And he upholdeth all things by the word of his power Heb. 1.3 For the earth hangeth upon no thing Iob 26.7 But was man made of nothing Answ The first matter was made of nothing being the earth and the rest of the Elements And then the Lord God formed the body of man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrills the breath of life and man became a living soule Gen. 2.7 But had not the woman also a soule given to her Answ Yes Hannah poured out her soule before the Lord 1 Sam. 1.15 And saith Mary my soule doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour Luke 1.46 47. And the Lord opened Lidia's heart that she attended unto those things that were spoken by Paul Acts 16.14 And Mary kept the sayings of Christ in her heart Luke 2.19.51 In what estate or condition was man created Answ In a blessed estate In the image and likenesse of God which consisted in knowledge Col. 3 10. In righteousnesse and true holinesse Ephes 4.24 And in his soveraignty over all the creatures here below Gen. 1 28 Psalm 8.6 7 8. Wherefore did God create all things Answ God made all things for his own glory The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth sheweth forth his handy worke Ps 19 1 The Lord made all thing for himselfe Pro. 16.4 In what did God require that Adam should glorifie him Answ In fulfilling a Covenant