THE

FATHERHOOD OF GOD.

THE

FATHERHOOD OF GOD.

BY

THOMAS GRIFFITH, A.M.

PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S,

AND MINISTER OF RAM'S EPISCOPAL CHAPEL, HOMERTON.
AUTHOR OF "THE SPIRITUAL LIFE."

LONDON:

HATCHARD & CO. 187 PICCADILLY, W.
HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW.

1862.

LONDON:

STRANGEWAYS AND WALDEN, PRINTERS, 28 Castle St. Leicester Sq.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD ASSERTED.

I. GOD THE AUTHOR OF ALL THINGS

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Who sustains them as Individuals

organises them as a Whole

tuates them as a System of means to

ends.

II. GOD THE GOVERNOR OF ALL THINGS

The moral nature of God is guaranteed

by the moral nature of man, who is

the image of God.

And such moral nature involves the

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