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has become a classic text on the doctrine of God, and examines in
meticulous detail God&#8217sforeknowledge and sovereignty, and
discusses the possibility of free will and natural law. No Reformed
theologian prior to Charnock treated God&#8217sexistence and
attributes with such clarity and depth&#8212infact, his was one of the
first works solely devoted to the subject to appear in the Reformed
theological tradition, and has become a standard work on the subject.
His positions have been echoed and refined by generations of
theologians, and most recently have contributed to contemporary
debates over free will, foreknowledge, and the openness of God.No
doubt the sheer size of the volume has caused not a few persons to
direct their reading efforts elsewhere. This is regrettable for a number of
reasons, not the least of which is Charnock&#8217sability to combine
rigorous theological discourse on the doctrine of God with the typical
Puritan emphasis on &#8220uss&#8221of the doctrine (relating doctrine
and life). His work has much value on a practical level, which should be
the goal of all theology.Charnock studied at Cambridge and was later
made senior proctor at Oxford from 1652&#8211166. At Oxford he
belonged to a&#8220gahered church&#8221with fellow Puritan stalwarts,
Thomas Goodwin (1600&#8211160), Thankful Owen (1620&#8211161),
and Theophilus Gale (1628&#8211168). After Oxford, Charnock went to
Ireland where he served various churches, becoming one of the highestpaid
clergy in Ireland. In 1660 he returned to England but, in the wake of
the Restoration, had no pastoral charge for fifteen years. According to
Richard Greaves, Charnock supported himself by practicing medicine.
After ministering in private, including secret trips to Holland and France,
Charnock became co-pastor in 1675 with the one-time Westminster
divine Thomas Watson (c. 1620&#8211166), serving a Nonconformist
congregation at Crosby Hall in London. In the latter years of his life he
wrote Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God, perhaps the
most extensive and incisive Puritan treatise on the doctrine of God.
Charnock displays remarkable exegetical skill, familiarity with Protestant
and Roman Catholic theologians on the Continent, and a beautiful way