rv1nExpojitzon Creation , Creation is afcribed to the firft perfonin Tri- A handling wliereof,we muftwithall treat ofrh< nltie the Father:whereas in the Scripture it is CounftUofGod, as bei•gthe caufe thereof. and common tothem all threeeqlllll)'. And firll:, ofthe Gonernment of thecreatures~ asbeing that the Father is Creator, it was ncuer douba worke of God whereby hce cominues the red; as for the fecond perfon the Sonne, that crcauon.And the order which I will obferue I he is Creator,it is euidcm: AHthings are madt is firfho fpeake oftheCounji!l ofGod, and fe: Ioh.I+ by it, that is,by the Sonne, who is the fubftan· condly of the Execution of his Counfell tiall word ofthe Father,&without it w.umade which hath two fpeciall branches,the lirll rh; ?lathing that tVMmad~.Andagaine itis faid,that Crt4tt~~n, the fecond thepreftrut~tion or gouern~ Hcb.t.l, Godby hi< Son madcthe worta. As for the Holy menrofthings created. Gholl:, the worke ofcreation is alfo afcribed The Counfdl<>fGqd, ishiseternall &vn- \ vnrohim : and thereforeMofis faith, The JPichangeable decree, whereby hee hath ordaiGcn.12.. ritmMedvponthewaurs: anci Job faith, HU ned all things either pall:, prefent or to come lob.:a.6. JPirit hllthgarnij11ed the heauen.s. How then is for hi!owne glory. Firll: I call ir'adccree be: •!· this peculiar to the:: Father, be in~ common to caufe God hath in it fer downe with himfelfe all the three perfonsinTrinity? I anfwer, The BJas appointed foueraigne Lord, what fhall be actions ofGod are two-fold: eitherinwacd, what fhal not be.I adde further,that al thing; or outward. The inward aCtions are rhofe, whatfoeuer, come vnderthe compalfe df this which one perfon dorh exercife toward anodecree, as PttuJ faith, He Worl:!th~tO things acf.ph.t.II ther:as the Fatherdothbeget the Sonne, and cerding to tht coNnfiUofhis wiU. And onr Sauithis is an inward action peculiar to the Faour Chrill: faith, that afparrow cannot f•ll on 1\lar.rv. ther : and all inward actions are proper to thegronndwithoHt the he•umiJFAther:yea fur- >9. ' the perfons from whom they are. So the Son ther,hetels his difciples,that thev<ry h•iwof vcrfe3o, doth receiue the Godhead by communicatitheirbt4d1Arenumbred,m eaning that they are on from the Father : and the holy Ghol'c from knowneand fet downe in the counfel ofGod. them both :&thefe are inward actions pecuAnd confidering that God is King out:r hea. liar to thefe perfous.So Iikwile,forthe Father uen and earth; and that moll: wife, yea wifeto fi:nd his Son, iris an inward action proper dome it felfe;and moll mighty, yea mightand to the Father, and cannot be communicated power it felfe : it mull: needs be that hee hath to the holy Gholl:: and the Sonneto bee fent ~eterminedhow all things fhall come to palfe by the Father only, is a thing propert<>the mhiskingd0me, with alltheir circomll:ances Sonne, and cot common totheFather,orto C time,place,caufes 1 &c. in illch partic;ularman~ the holy Gholl:.Now outward achons,are the ner, that me very leaO: thing that may bee, is ><'lions ofrhe perfons in the Trinitie to the not left vnapfefiinted andvndifp~fed. creatures,as the worke ofCreation,the work Thecoun ellofGodhathtwo properties, ofprefemation,andofredemption. Thefeand eternitieand '".m&hAngelfhleneJ{t.It iseternall beall fuch actions are comRton to all the three caufe it was fetdown by God from eueriading perfOns:the Father createth,theSon crcateth, before all rimes, as P••l faith :God hath cho. and the holy Ghoft createth : and fo wee may fen the Epheftans to folu4tiorJ hifure•lllJ?t~rlds. Eph.r.;. fay of the workes of gouernmenr, and ofreAnd he faith ofhimfclfe, that hee W3S called dcmption, and ofall outward actions ofthe according tothepurp•fi o{God,which"''"b,(ore :Titn.I 0 perfons to the creatures. But fome again may aU worlds. Againe, the fame counfell once fet 9· Cty,how then can the work ofcre~tion, being downe,is vnchangeable. God faith,!am !eho· M.:~l.3.6• an outward action ofGod to the creature,bee n4h, 4nd 1change not, With God{f.1ithS.l,cmes) Iam.I,17 peculiar tothe firft pcrf6 the Father?I anfwer, there Un6 v4rit~blenu,norfl1adow ofch.tnge.Now The worke of creation is not fo proper to the fuch as God is , fuch is his decree or counfell. firll: porfon, as that itcannot alfo be common And beeing vnchangeable, his counfels alfo re rho rell::foral the three perfonsioyntly ere- D arevnchangeable. ated all things ofnothing; onely they are di· Gods counfel hath two parts: his foreknowI fiinguifhcd in the m'l.nner ofcreating. For the Jedge,andhiswillorpleafure. His foreknowBafll.d: Fatlier isthe caufe that beginneth the worke, ledge, wherby he did forefec aifthings whieh fpirit. the Sonne puts itin execution, the holy Gholl: were to cttme.Hiswil.wherby ingeneral mii:ma:. isthe finilher ofit.And arfaine,rhe Father erener he Wils & ordaineswhatfoc;:l.Jcr is to come C3p,t6. ateth by the (a) Son, an by the holy Gholl: : topalfe: and therefore fuch things as God .al- .t.Col.t. the Sonnc createh by the holy Gholl: & fi'om together nilleth, can notcome torife. Now 16,, the Father : the holy Gholl: creareth not by thefe two parts of the counfcll o God mull: Korn.IJ 0 , .. the Father nor by the Sonne : but from the bee ioyned together, and not feuered. Will Father and the Sonne. And this isthe reafon without knowledge is impotent, and f<>re• why thework ofcreation is afcribed here vnknowledge without will,i• idle.And therfore to the Fathcr, bccaufc healone Createth after fuch as hold that God doth barely forefee a peculiar manner, namely, by the Sonnc and fimdrythingstocomc, nomannerofway ciby the holy Gholl .- bntthe Sonne & the holy ther willing or decreeing the itfuC & ~uent of Gholl: create not by the hther,bnt from him. them, do bring"in little better then Atheifme. Thus h.1uing anfwcrcd the obictl'ion, wee For ifweeC1yrhatany thing cotnes topaffe come ro fpcal-.e of th~ Creation it fdfe. In either againll: Gods wil, or God not knowing of
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