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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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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Church, Hen. (Henry), fl. 1636-1638.

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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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Contents

• title page
• TO THE LEARNED READER.
• TO ALL whomsoever.
• imprimatur
• An Advertisement to the Christian Reader, concerning the scope of the Booke, with some passages of the Life of the Authour.
• A TABLE OF THE SEVERALL Heads, contained in this ensuing Treatise.
• Of saving Knowledge.
  • 1. What Knowledge is.
  • Difference of knowledge.
  • 3. What saving knowledge is.
  • This knowledge is in the Elect.
  • 3. How we attaine saving knowledge.
  • What is God?
  • Secondly, what God is.
  • Applications.
  • Thirdly.
  • Applications.
  • The truth of this free a knowledgment will appeare by our Admiration and Praises.
  • Secondly, he is to be praised for his workes.
  • Thirdly, God is to to be praised for his mercies, Psalme. 100.4. Psalme 136.1.
  • Secondly, Wee must glorifie men before God in our Actions.
  • Thirdly, Wee must glorifie God among men by our sufferings
• Of Gods Subsistence.
  • First, What Subsistence is.
  • The Vses are these.
• Of the Simplenesse of God.
  • First, What is meant by Simplenesse.
  • Secondly, That God is of a simple Nature.
  • Thirdly, Conclusions drawne from Gods Simplenesse.
  • Fourthly, Some Questions answered.
  • Fifthly, Ʋses to edifie.
• Of Gods Eternity.
  • First, What Eternity is.
  • Secondly, God is Eternall.
  • Thirdly, Questions answered.
  • Fourthly, Vses to Edifie.
• Of Gods Omnipotency.
  • First, What Omnipotency is.
  • Secondly, God is Omnipotent.
  • Thirdly, The witnesses of Gods Omnipotency.
  • Fourthly, Questions answered.
  • Fifthly, the uses to edifie.
  • Here is matter of Consolation.
• Of Immutability.
  • First, What Immutability is.
  • Secondly, God is immutable.
  • Thirdly, To prove Gods Immutability.
  • Fourthly, Ʋses to edifie.
• Of Infinitenesse.
  • First, what Infinitenesse is.
  • Secondly, no Creature is Jnfinite.
  • Thirdly, God as infinite in his Essenc and Properties.
  • Fourthly, Vses to edifie.
• Of Omniscience.
  • First, What Omniscience is.
  • Secondly, No Creature is Omniscient.
  • Thirdly, God is Omniscient.
  • Fourthly, Reasons, Arguments, and Probations.
  • Fifthly, Ʋses to edifie.
• Of Omnipresence.
  • First, what Omnipresence is.
  • Secondly, no Creature is Omnipresent.
  • Thirdly, God is Omnipresent.
  • Fourthly, Reasons and Scriptures to prove it.
  • Fifthly, Objections.
  • Sixthly, Applications to edifie.
• Of Perfection.
  • First, What Perfection is.
  • Secondly, God is perfect.
  • Thirdly, Questions and Answers.
  • Concerning defects of understanding in naturall fooles.
  • Fourthly, Applications to edifie.
• Of Invisibility.
  • First, What Jnvisibility is.
  • Secondly, God is Invisible.
  • Thirdly, The Creatures are invisible.
  • Fourthly, Questions answered.
  • Fifthly, Applications to edifie.
• Of Wisedome.
  • First, What Wisedome is.
  • Secondly, Of the wisedome of creatures.
  • Thirdly, Of the Wisedome of God.
  • Fifthly, Questions answered.
• Of Truth.
  • First, What Truth is.
  • Secondly, Of the Truth of Creatures.
  • Thirdly, Of the Truth of God.
  • Fourthly, Applications to edifie, distributive.
  • Fifthly, Questions answered.
• Of Mercy.
  • First, what Mercy is.
  • Secondly, of the mercy of the unreasonable Creatures.
  • Thirdly, the mercy of men.
  • Fourthly, of the mercy of God.
  • Fifthly, Applications to edifie.
  • Sixthly, Questions resolved.
• Of Justice.
  • First, what justice is.
  • Secondly, of justice in men.
  • Thirdly, of the Iustice of God.
  • Fourthly, Applications distributive.
  • Fifthly, Questions answered.
• Of Life.
  • First, What Life is.
  • Secondly, of the life of the creatures.
    • Of the the life of Nature.
    • Of the life of Grace.
    • Of the life of glory.
  • Thirdly, Of the Life of God.
  • Fourthly, Applications to edifie.
  • Fifthly, Questions resolved.
• Of Blessednesse.
  • First, what blessednesse it.
  • Secondly, God is most blessed.
  • Thirdly, the happinesse of the Creatures.
  • Fourthly, Applications.
  • Fifthly, Questions resolved.
• Of Hatred.
  • First, What Hatred is.
  • Secondly, the distinctions of Hatred in persons.
  • Thirdly, of Gods hating.
  • Fourthly, Applications.
  • Fifthly, Questions answered.
• Of Love.
  • First, What Love is.
  • Secondly, Of Gods love.
    • 1. The objects of Gods love.
    • 2. The liberty of Gods love.
    • 3. The extent of his love.
    • 4. The duration.
  • Thirdly, Of Mans love to God.
  • Fourthly, Of Mans love to man.
  • Fifthly, Applications to edifie.
  • Sixthly, Questions resolved.
• Of Patience.
  • First, What Patience is.
  • Secondly, Of the patience of God.
  • Thirdly, Of patience in good men.
  • Fourthly, Applications to edifie.
  • Fifthly, Questions resolved.
• Of the Will.
  • First, what it is to will.
  • Secondly, of the Will of God.
  • Thirdly, of Mans Will.
  • Fourthly, Lessons to edifie.
  • Fifthly, Questions resolved.
• Of the grace of God.
  • First, What is meant by grace.
  • Secondly, How to attaine the sence of Gods Favour and grace.
  • Thirdly, how we may know we are in the favour of God.
  • Fourthly, how is the sence of Gods favour preserved?
• Of Glory.
  • First, What glory is.
  • Secondly, Of the glory of Creatures.
  • Thirdly, Of the glory of the Creator.
  • Fourthly, Questions resolved.
• Of the Lord of Hoasts.
  • First, What is meant by Hoasts.
  • Secondly, Why God is called, The Lord of Hoasts.
  • Thirdly, which are his Hoasts.
  • Fourthly, Questions resolved.
  • Fifthly, Applications to edifie.
• How God is made an Idoll.
  • First, what an Idoll is.
  • Secondly, How men doe make God an Idoll.
  • Thirdly, Their punishments that doe thus make God an Idoll.
  • Fourthly, Questions resolved.
• How to conceive of God when we pray
  • First, What it is to conceive.
  • Secondly, How we must not conceive of God.
  • Thirdly, How we may aright conceive of God.
  • Fourthly, Questions resolved.
  • Fifthly, Applications to edifie.
• Of the workes of God.
  • Sixe reasons why we should meditate on the workes of God.
• Of the worke of Creation.
  • First, who made all things.
    • Reflections.
  • Secondly, Whereof God made all things.
    • Reflections.
  • Thirdly, The time when all things were made.
    • Reflections.
  • Fourthly, for what all things were made.
    • Reflections.
• Of Angels.
  • First, of the Nature of Angels.
  • Secondly, of their number.
  • Thirdly, of the office of Angels.
    • Reflexions.
  • Fourthly, divers errors concerning Angels.
  • Fifthly, how Christ is called Angell. Mal. 3.1.
• Of the Heavens.
  • First, of the divers waies heaven is taken for.
    • Reflexions.
  • Secondly, Of the clearenesse of the Heavens.
    • Reflexions.
  • Thirdly, Of the height of the Heavens.
    • Reflexions.
  • Fourthly, Of the largenesse of the Heavens.
    • Reflexions.
  • Fifthly, Of the firmnesse of the Heavens.
    • Reflexions.
  • Sixthly, Of the motion of the Heavens.
    • Reflexions.
  • Seventhly, Of the heavens dissolution or redintegration.
    • Reflexions.
• Of the Sunne.
  • Fist, the Sunne is great and large.
    • Reflexions.
  • Secondly, the Sunne is swift in motion.
  • Thirdly, of the brightnesse of the Sunne.
    • Reflexions:
  • Fourthly, of the order of the Sunne.
    • Reflexions.
  • Fifthly, the opperation of the Sunne.
    • A Reflexion.
  • Sixthly, Of the Eclips of the Sunne.
• Of the Light.
  • First, What Light is.
  • Secondly, What the Light was, which was before the Sunne.
    • Conclusions.
    • First, as children of the Light.
    • Secondly, we should walke with the children of light.
    • Thirdly, we should walke for the children of the light.
• Of the Moone.
  • First, of the brightnesse of the Moone.
  • Secondly, of the Moones borrowed light.
    • First, it is a received light.
    • Applications.
    • Secondly, the light of the Moone is communicated.
    • Thirdly, the Sunne lending his light hath not the lesse
  • Thirdly, of the Moones blacknesse and blemishes.
    • Applications.
  • Fourthly, Of the Moones mutation.
    • Considerations.
  • The fifth branch is, of the Moones gubernation.
    • Considerations.
    • Secondly, the Moone over the waters, is as the King over the people.
    • Conclusions.
• Of the Starres.
  • First, Of the time of their creation.
    • Secondly, of the greatnes of the Stars.
    • Applications.
    • Thirdly, of the multitude of the Stars.
    • Applications.
    • Fourthly, of the use of the Stars.
    • Considerations applicatory.
    • These Cautions are needfull.
    • Secondly.
    • Thirdly, and fourthly.
    • Applications.
    • Fifthly,
    • Applications.
  • Fifthly, of the glory of the Starres.
    • Considerations.
  • Sixthly, Questions resolved concerning the Stars.
    • The disparity.
    • The Disparity.
• Of the Aire.
  • First, Of the clearenesse of it.
    • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, of the softnesse and pliablenesse of the Aire.
    • Conclusions.
    • We must yeeld
    • We must not yeeld.
    • Againe we must yeeld.
    • To yeeld.
    • Againe, not to yeeld but withstand.
    • Thirdly, of the largenesse of the Ayre.
    • Conclusions.
    • Fourthly, of the usefulnesse of the Ayre.
    • Conclusions.
  • Fifthly, of the continuance of the Aire.
    • Conclusions.
  • Sixthly, Questions resolved about the Aire.
    • A Postscript concerning the Aire.
• Of the Clouds.
  • First, of the cause and production of the clouds.
    • Considerations.
  • Secondly, of the progresse of the clouds.
  • Thirdly, Of the succession and renova∣tion of the Cloudes.
    • Considerations.
  • Fourthly, Of the kindes and variety of the Cloudes.
    • Considerations.
  • Fifthly, Of the usefulnesse of the Cloudes.
    • Considerations.
  • Sixthly, Of the dissipation of the Cloudes.
    • Considerations.
  • Seventhly, Of the Rain-bow in the Cloud.
    • First, the cause why the Rain-bow was made.
    • Secondly, the matter of the Rain-bow.
    • Thirdly, what use to make of the Rain-bow.
    • Fourthly, resolves concerning the Rain-bow.
  • Eightly, Resolves concerning the Cloudes.
• Of the Raine.
  • First, of the naturall cause of raine.
  • Secondly, God doth dispose of the raine, which appeares by these five arguments.
  • Thirdly, why raine is kept from us.
  • Fourthly, the meanes to obtaine raine.
    • Arguments in prayer.
  • Fifthly, the benefit of raine.
  • Sixthly, resolves concerning the raine.
• Of the Earth.
  • First, Of the names given to the Earth.
  • Secondly, Of the scituation of the Earth.
  • Thirdly, Of the fashion and forme of the Earth.
    • Orbis habitabilis,
  • Fourthly, of the nature and quallity of the earth.
    • Reflexions.
  • Fifthly, of the earthes subsistance.
    • Conclusions.
  • Sixthly, of the greatnesse of the earth.
    • 1. An elevation.
    • 2. A Contemplation.
  • Seaventhly, of the riches and fruitfulnesse of the earth.
    • Applications.
  • Eighthly, Resolves concerning the earth.
    • In what place of the earth was Paradise?
• Of the Water.
  • Secondly, the kindes of Water.
  • Thirdly, of the usefulnes of the water.
  • Fourthly, Resolves concerning water.
• Of Fire.
  • First, of divers names given to fire.
  • Secondly, of naturall or proper fire.
    • The effects of fire are in the third Section.
    • First, fire is hid and secret.
    • Considerations.
    • For example,
  • Secondly, Fire appeares with another thing.
    • Considerations.
    • Thirdly.
    • Consideration.
    • In the fourth place.
    • Considerations.
  • Thirdly, Of the quallities and effects of fire.
    • Considerations.
    • Considerations.
    • Considerations.
    • Considerations.
    • Considerations.
    • Considerations.
    • Of improper fire; metaphoricall fire.
    • The degrees of torment.
  • Fifthly, of divers resolves concerning fire, both naturall and divine: and of Meteors.
    • First of them that are naturall.
• Of Meteors.
  • First, of the names of Meteors.
  • Secondly, of the matter of them.
  • Negatively.
  • Affirmatively.
  • Thirdly, the time when Meteors appeare.
  • Fourthly, of the various formes and shapes.
  • Fifthly, of the place of Meteors.
  • Conclusions applicatory.
• Of the Winds.
  • First, of the generation of the Windes.
  • Secondly, of the diversity of windes.
  • Thirdly, of the usefulnes of the Winds.
  • Fourthly, of the strength of the Wind.
  • Fifthly, resolves concerning the Wind.
  • The disparity betweene the Winde and the Spirit.
  • The Exordium.
  • A Conclusion concerning Gods Image on the Soule, explained by Resolves.
  • First what the Soule is.
  • Secondly, how the Soule was created.
  • Thirdly, of the Conjuction of the Soule with the body.
  • This Conjunction.
  • Fourthly, of the Immortalitie of the Soule.
  • Arguments of the Soules Immortalitie.
  • Fifthly, the Difference of Immortall, and Eternall.
  • Sixthly, of the life, and death of the Soule.
  • The life of Grace is a spirituall life, which onely the re∣generate doe attaine unto:
  • The Felicitie of that life.
  • Of the death of the Soule.
  • Of Gods Image on the Soule, resolving:
  • Secondly, what the Image of GOD is.
  • Thirdly, how Adam was made after Gods Image.
  • Fourthly, whether this Image of God doth still remaine in us.
  • Fifthly, In whom is the Image of God repaired?
  • Reflexions applicatorie from the former Heads.
  • Of the Body of Man.
  • First, Whereof the Body was made.
  • Secondly, Of the Excellencie of mans body.
  • Conclusions applicatorie.
  • Thirdly, Of the mortalitie of mans body.
  • Conclusions applicatorie.
  • Fourthly, of the Immortalitie of the body.
  • Conclusions applicatorie.
  • Secondly, the body shall be Immortall at the Resurrection.
  • Conclusions.
  • Now to come to the particulars, and first of the Head.
  • First, the Head is obvious, most seene.
  • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, the Head is honourable; and the members are honoured, for the Heads sake.
  • Conclusions.
  • Thirdly, the Head is united to the Body.
  • Conclusions.
  • Fourthly, the Head conveighes Influence to the rest of the body.
  • Conclusions.
  • Fiftly, the Head is sensible.
  • Conclusions.
  • First, Of the cause of Seeing.
  • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, Of the Benefit of the Eies.
  • Conclusions.
  • Thirdly, the Miserie of Blindnesse.
  • Conclusions.
  • Fourthly, Of the gratious employment of the Eyes, which is,
  • Also, to behold his Iudgments.
  • Mine Eyes should gratiously be employed to looke on mens necessities: Spirituall, and Temporall.
  • Mine Eyes should gratiously looke on the bodily necessi∣ties of men.
  • Lastly, mine Eyes should be gratiously employed in Mourning.
  • First, for our owne sinnes.
  • Secondly, I should mourne for other sinnes, abroad in the world.
  • Thirdly, I should Mourne for the afflictions of others.
  • Of the Eares.
  • First, Of the Denomination of the Eares.
  • Secondly, Of the placing of the Eares.
  • Thirdly, Of the admirable work-man-ship of God, in the Eares.
  • Fourthly, the Benefit of Hearing.
  • Fiftly, Resolves, Concerning the Eares, and concerning Hearing.
  • Againe a good Hearer.
  • Of the Mouth.
  • Of the Tongue.
  • First, the Mouth is a Gate, or Doore.
  • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, the Mouth is the Nourisher, to feed the bodie.
  • Conclusions.
  • Thirdly, The Mouth is the Distinguisher, or Sentence-giver.
  • Conclusions.
  • Fourthly, The Mouth is the Interpreter of the Heart.
  • Conclusions.
  • First, The Tongue is the Glorie of a man.
  • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, Tis hard to bridle the Tongue.
  • Thirdly, Resolves concerning the Mouth, and Tongue.
  • Resolves concerning the Tongue.
  • Of the Neck.
  • First, Of the place of the Neck.
  • Secondly, of the Composition of the Neck.
  • Thirdly, Of the Strength of the Neck.
  • Conclusions.
  • Fourthly, Resolves concerning the Neck.
• Of the Armes, and Shoulders.
  • First, Of Gods Worke, in the Armes, con∣sidered.
  • Conclusions applicatorie.
  • Morall Instructions from the Armes, In regard of their usefulnesse.
  • Resolves concerning the Shoulders, and Armes.
  • Of the Hands.
  • First, A Consideration of the Nature of the Hands.
  • Secondly, Conclusions from the Consi∣deration.
  • Thirdly, Of the Employment of the Hands.
  • Fourthly, Resolves Concerning the Hands, Naturall, and Metaphoricall.
  • The Fingers, with the Thumbe,
  • Of the Back.
  • First, Of the Strength of the Back.
  • Conclusions.
  • Secondly, Of the Ridge-bone.
  • Thirdly, Resolves Concerning the Back.
  • Of the Breast.
  • First, A Consideration of the Breast
  • Secondly, Resolves Concerning the Breast.
  • Of the Bellie.
  • First▪ The Anatomists Relation of the Bellie.
  • Secondly, a more plaine Observation of the Bellie.
  • Thirdly, Resolves Concerning the Bellie.
  • Of the Thighes, Legs, and Feete.
  • First, Of the Vniting of these parts together, that is, Of the Thighes, Legs, and Feete.
  • Secondly, Of the bones of these parts, and of the whole Bodie.
  • Thirdly, Resolves Concerning the Thighes, Legs, and Feete, in their Order. First, Concerning the Thighes.
  • Resolves Concerning the Legs.
  • Resolves Concerning the Feete.
  • Divers Opinions Concerning Moses Action.
  • Fourthly, How Man is a Medium betweene an Angell, and a Beast, and of other Me∣diums.
  • Of other Mediums.