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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Church, Hen. (Henry), fl. 1636-1638.
Publication: London :: Printed [by J. Norton and J. Okes] for John Rothwell, and are to be sold at the Sunne, in Pauls Church-yard,; M.DC.XXXVII. [1637]
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[Sect. 3] Thirdly, of the Iustice of God.

GOd is Justice, 'tis essentiall with God to be just. The Lord is just: Psal. 92.15. Zephaniah 3.5. Hee is just in his decrees, just in the execution of his decrees; just in his government of the world; just in all his pu∣nishments and judgements. Hee is the judge of all the world, the Lord of all, just in himselfe, just in his Lawes, just in his rewards, just in his punishments.

His Justice in punishing may bee considered five wayes.

1. His justice past, on Angels and on men: on Angels his justice fell totally irrecoverably: on men, a world of them felt his justice at once, onely Noah and his family excepted: Cities have beene punished, as Sodom, Go∣morra, Admah, Zeboim: Families, as Achans, and Iero∣boams: Persons, as Ananias, Zaphira, and Herod.

2. His justice present, for no age escapes without some demonstration of justice: we, or others feele Plague,, Warre, or Famine, decay of trade, fearefull fires, inundation of waters, earth-quakes, civill combustion, and uproares among the people &c.

3. His justice to come in this world or the next world; there shall be a great Sessions, and justice shall bee exe∣cuted without all evasions, bribes, or shirts.

4. Consider Gods justice sp••rituall: as a blinde man, Isai 6.10. A hard heart, Psal. 81.12. A Reprobate sence, The spirit of slumber. Rom. 11.8.

5. His justice and judgements are temporall on our bodies, goods, or names. Deut. 28. Levit. 26.