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Elisha Coles on God's Sovereignty

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 5:30 AM

“The first visible ensign of sovereignty, was creation, or God’s giving the world an actual existence in time, according to his decree from everlasting; bringing that huge, yet void and formless mass, at first out of nothing; and then, this glorious fabric out of that confusion: his hanging the earth on nothing: his assigning to every sort of creatures such form and station, to order, use, and efficacy, and im­pressing on them such laws and instincts of nature, as seemed to him good, (but all in a regular subservience to the good of the whole,) which also was effected by his word.”

Elisha Coles



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Elisha Coles on God's Sovereignty

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, May 12, 2014 at 5:30 AM

'That there is such a power, and that this power belongs to God, no other reason needs be assigned, but, that “he is God, and there is none besides him: “there can be no more, because, 
1. There can be but one infinite; for such a being fills heaven and earth; and so there is no place or room for another. 
2. There can be but one omnipotent; for he that is such, has all others under his feet: besides, where one can do all, more would be impertinent. 
3. There can be but one supreme; supreme power may reside in many, as in mixed monarchies and commonwealths; but as lawmakers and supreme, they are but one. 
4. There can be but one first cause, from which all beings else derive their original; “of whom, and for whom, are all things,” 1 Corinthians 8:6. And if he is the Author of all, he needs must have a sovereign right and power to determine all; both as to their being, order, efficacy, and end."

Elisha Coles


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Elisha Coles on God's Judgement

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:05 AM

"His will is the rule of righteousness, and righteousness is the rule of His will."
Elisha Coles
(1608 - 1688)


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Elisha Coles on Works

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM

"Faith Justifies the person, and works justify his faith."
Elisha Coles
(ca. 1608-1688)


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