Life Eternal, or A Treatise of the Knowledge of the Divine Essence and Attributes

THat there is a God proved: Page 5

1 By the Creation. Ibid.

By the law, written in mens hearts. Page 13

By the Soule of man. Page 15

To strengthen faith in this Principle. Page 22

What consequences to draw hence. Page 28

Objections against this Principle. Page 30

2 That there is a God proved by faith. Page 19.45

The Scripture proved true by foure things. Page 48

To confirme us in this Principle. Page 61

Difference in the assent of men to this. Page 62

4 Meanes to confirme our Faith in this. Page 68

Three Effects of a firme assent to this Principle. Page 70

3 That there is no other God, but GOD. Page 75

Five Arguments to prove that there is no other God. Page 76

The gods and religion of the Heathens false, proved three wayes. Page 80

Religion of Mahomet false. Page 82

To beleeve that our God is God alone, and to cleave to him. Page 85

To comfort us in this, that God will shew himselfe the true GOD, in raising the Churches. Page 87

To keepe our hearts from Idolatrie. Page 88

Three grounds of Idolatrie. Page 89

What God is. Page 94

Doctrine.

God only and properly hath being in him. Page 97

What the being of God is, explained in five things. Ibid.

There is something in Gods Essence not to be inquired into. Page 100

To strengthen our faith and incourage us in wants and crosses. Page 103

To give God the praise of his being. Page 112

To learne the vanitie of the creatures, and the remedie against it. Page 116

Attributes of God of two sorts. Page 119

The First ATTRIBVTE.

The perfection of God. Page 120

Five differēces between the perfection of God, and the creatures. Page 121

All that wee doe cannot reach to God to merit. Page 123

To see the freenesse of Gods grace. Page 125

To goe to God with faith though wee have no worth in us. Ibid.

God hath no need of any creature. Page 126

Though many perish it is nothing to God, he is perfect. Page 127

Gods commands are for our good, hee is perfect. Ibid.

To give God the honour of his perfection. Page 129 Foure signes of exalting Gods perfection. Ibid.

The creatures of themselves can doe nothing for us in three respects. Page 137

The Second ATTRIBVTE.

God without all causes. Page 140

Reason 1.

Else something should bee before him. Ibid.

Reason 2.

That which hath a part receiveth it from the whole. Page 141

Reason 3.

All other things have a possibility not to bee. Page 142

God wills not things because they are just, but they are just because he wills them. Page 143

God may doe all things for himselfe and his owne glorie. Page 144

We should doe nothing for our owne ends but for God. Page 146

Eight signes to know whether a man make God or himselfe his end. Page 148

The Third ATTRIBVTE.

Doctrine.

God is eternall. Page 156

Five things required in Eternitie. Page 157

Reasons why God must be Eternall. Page 158

Foure differences betweene the Eternitie of God, and the duration of the creatures. Page 159

God possesseth all things together. Page 159

Eternitie maketh things infinitely good or evill. Page 160

To minde more things Eternall. Page 161

Motives to consider Eternity. Page 167

Not to be offended with Gods delaying, he hath time enough to performe his promises, being Eternall. Page 168

To consider Gods love and enmitie are eternall. Page 171

To comfort us against mutabilitie of things below. Page 172

God is Lord of time. Page 174

The Fourth ATTRIBVTE.

God is a SPIRIT. Page 2

Foure properties of a Spirit. Ibid.

Gods eye chiefly on our spirits, therefore they must be kept fit for communion with him. Page 4

How to fit our spirits for communion with God. Page 6

Directions for cleansing the spirit. Page 10

Gods government chiefly on the spirits of men. Page 25

Proved by 3 Demonstrations. Page 28

To worship God in spirit. Page 32

Which consists in three things. Page 33

What necessity of the gestures of the bodie in Gods service. Page 38

How to conceive of God in prayer. Page 44

The Simplicitie of GOD.

Gods simplicity proved by sixe reasons. Page 48

To see what a stable foundation faith hath. Page 51

God cannot be hindred in his workes. Page 52

The Attributes of God are equall. Page 53

To labour to bee content in a simple condition. Page 54

To labour for singlenesse of heart. Page 59

Two things in simplicitie. Page 60

To goe to God rather than to the creatures. Page 67

The Fifth ATTRIBVTE.

Gods immutability. Page 72

Five Reasons of Gods immutability. Page 73

Two Objections against Gods immutability. Page 76

How to understand severall places of Scripture. Page 78

Love and hatred in God eternall. Ibid.

Take heede of provoking him to cast us off. Page 80

The time of Gods casting off a man, unknowne. Page 83

Gods gifts and calling without repentance. Page 84

How to know vvee are in Covenant vvith God. Page 85

The unchangeablenesse of God takes not away endevour. Page 93

The occasion, end, and use of revealing the doctrine of Gods unchangeablenesse in Scripture. Page 96

God dispenceth mercies and judgements, now as in former times. Page 98

Two cases wherein God punisheth his owne Children. Page 99

GODS Iudgements different in time and meanes. Page 101

To see a difference betweene God and the creature. Page 103

Forgetting the creatures to be mutable, three inconveniences of it. Ibid.

To esteem things by their unchangeablenes. Page 106 VSE 6.

To judge our owne spirits by constancie in well doing. Page 111

To goe to God to get it. Page 113

Two causes of inconstancie. Page 115

3 Helps to strengthen purposes. Page 117

Meanes to helpe resolutions. Page 119