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Life eternalLife eternall
Life eternal or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
London: printed by Richard, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1 The first is laid down in verse 5.1 For this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the Word of GOD the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the waters, and in the waters. That is, naturally the waters would cover the earth, as it did at the beginning; for the natural place of the waters is above the earth, even as of the air above the waters: Now who is it that hath drawn ⟨p. 32⟩these waters out of the earth, and caused it to stand out of the waters, and made it habitable for men and beasts, saith he, was it not the LORD?
1 The first is laid downe in verse 5.1 For this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the Word of GOD the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the waters, and in the waters. That is, naturally the waters would cover the earth, as it did at the beginning; for the naturall place of the waters is above the earth, even as of the aire above the waters: Now who is it that hath drawn ⟨p. 32⟩these waters out of the earth, and caused it to stand out of the waters, and made it habitable for men and beasts, saith he, was it not the LORD?
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2 And was not this proved by the Flood, vers. 6. whereby the world,1 that then was, being overflowed with waters, perished; that is, the waters, when God took away his hand, returned to their place, and covered the face of the earth. Now, who was it that did dry the earth again, and now reserveth it to the day of Judgement to be destroyed by fire? And this he proveth by the famous story of the Flood: You have heard of it (saith he) but of this they are willingly ignorant, that is, they are such things as may be known; but by reason of your lusts, which obscure your knowledge, and hide those parts of nature and reason, which God hath planted in your hearts; therefore, of these things you are willingly ignorant.