Product Description
VOLUME TWO continues and concludes Charnock’s magnum opus, A Discourse on the Existence and Attributes of God with the remaining six discourses. Topics include: the existence of God; practical atheism; God’s being a Spirit; spiritual worship; the eternity of God; his immutability; his omnipresence; his knowledge; his wisdom; his power; his holiness; his goodness; his dominion; and his patience. Each discourse first expounds, then applies, the text of Scripture on which it is based.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCOURSE ON THE EXISTENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD (CONTINUED)
A Discourse Upon The Wisdom Of God – Rom Xvi 27
A Discourse Upon The Power Of God – Job Xxvi 14
A Discourse Upon The Holiness Of God – Exod Xv 11
A Discourse Upon The Goodness Of God – Mark X 18
A Discourse Upon God’s Dominion – Ps Ciii 9
A Discourse Upon God’s Patience – Nahum I 3
Hardcover, 542 pages
Publication Date: December 2010
Author
Stephen Charnock was born in London in 1628, studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was converted, and preached for a time in Southwark. He undertook further study at Oxford, becoming a Fellow of New College, and later Senior Proctor. He served in Ireland as chaplain to the Governor, Henry Cromwell, and became a popular preacher, being lecturer at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin between 1655 and 1660, and minister of St Werburgh’s Church. On the Restoration of the monarchy (1660) he returned to London, studying and ministering privately till 1675, when he began a shared Presbyterian pastorate with Thomas Watson at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate. He died aged 52 in July 1680.
