From the famed author of the majestic volume, The Attributes and Existence of God (the finest treatment of the Attributes of God ever written), we now have this new republication of his 17th century work on the providence of God. It has been out of print since 1864, and is back in print in a limited edition. Charnock shows how God's control in the world extends to the actions of each creature, civil rule, supernatural and miraculous actions, both good and evil. Charnock effectively shows that the events of the world cannot be explained in any rational manner other than that of a supreme providence in which God restrains the passions of men, causes his enemies to do what serves His purpose, and brings to pass the best redemptive aims.
Puritan divine, Stephen Charnock was an English Puritan Presbyterian clergyman born at the St Katherine Cree parish of London. Charnock studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, during which he was converted to the Christian faith, beginning his spiritual journey as a Puritan divine.
He moved to Ireland in 1656 where he became a chaplain to Henry Cromwell, governor of Ireland. In Dublin, he began a regular ministry of preaching to other believers. Those who came to hear him were from different classes of society and differing denominations, and he became widely known for the skill by which he discharged his duties.
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