The remaining discourses, on the attributes of God Viz. his Goodness. His mercy. His patience. His long-suffering. His power. His spirituality. His immensity. His eternity. His incomprehensibleness. God the first cause, and last end. By the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. Being the seventh volume; published from the originals, by Ralph Barker, D.D. chaplain to his Grace.

Title: The remaining discourses, on the attributes of God Viz. his Goodness. His mercy. His patience. His long-suffering. His power. His spirituality. His immensity. His eternity. His incomprehensibleness. God the first cause, and last end. By the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. Being the seventh volume; published from the originals, by Ralph Barker, D.D. chaplain to his Grace.

Author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.

Collection: Early English Books Online

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ye dye, O house of Israel? Prov. 1.29, 30, 31. They hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord. They would none of my counsels, they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat the fruit of their own ways, and be filled with their own devices. The ruin of Sinners does not proceed from the counsel of God; but from their own choice. And so likewise our Saviour every where chargeth the ruin and destruction of the Jews upon their own wilful obsti∣nacy.The Inferences from this Discourse concerning the Patience and long-suffering of God towards Mankind, shall be these three.I. To stir us up to a thankful ac∣knowledgment of the great Patience of God towards us, notwithstanding our manifold and heinous provocati∣ons. We may every one of us take to our selves those words, Lam. 3.22. It is of the Lords mercy that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are renewed every morning. When ever we sin (and we provoke God every day) it is of his Patience that we are not destroyed; and when we sin again, this is a new and greater In∣stance 0