“GOD” by Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)
In this section on the eternity of God, Charnock develops a thorough outline of his subject. His primary concern here is the extension of God’s duration. In typically Puritan style he concludes the treatise with a section on the “use†of the doctrine, which is as valuable as the foregoing exposition because it shows how God is interested in applying doctrine to the life of the believer. Charnock points out, for example, the great psychological value of this doctrine, turning man’s attention from temporal materialistic values to eternal verities.
