The Works of the Revered and Learned Isaac Watts D.D Vol. 4 of 6: Containing Besides His Sermons and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects Several Additional Pieces Selected From His Manuscripts (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of the Revered and Learned Isaac Watts D.D Vol. 4 of 6: Containing Besides His Sermons and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects Several Additional Pieces Selected From His Manuscripts<br><br>II. Hence it comes to pass that in describing the several religions of men or the public dispensations of God we do not so much enter into his eternal designs or the secret and inward transactions of his grace either with or concerning the children of men in order to bring them into his covenant of grace; nor do we search into his early and divine transactions with Christ Jesus his Son in the covenant of redemption in order to the salvation of men: But it is sufficient here to set forth the outward discoveries of God''s mind and will to men in his public government of the universe or those several constitutions by which he will either justify and reward or condemn and punish mankind as he is their supreme Lord and Judge. These are the things most properly signified by his dispensations towards men and which I propose as my present theme.<br><br>III. We must here take notice in the first place that natural religion or that religion which rises from the nature of God and men and from their relations to God and one another runs through every one of these dispensations whether in a state of innocency; or after the fall. And wheresoever divine revelation or the scripture hath not given man positive express and particular notice of his duty there the light of nature or reason must be supposed to come in both before and after the fall of man to clear up what is doubtful and to supply what is wanting; even as revelation is to supply us where the light of reason is defective or dubious.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.