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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
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Again, a third expression he useth, and that is taken from the manner of his worship: for some ⟨p. 78⟩might here object; If he be so great, how short then do we come of worshipping him, and of giving him that honour which we owe unto him? saith he; it is true, for all the beasts of Lebanon are not sufficient for a burnt offering: nay, all the wood of Lebanon is not enough to kindle the burnt offering. And take all the gods of the Gentiles, they were but men, and their Temples, and all the glory of them, they are nothing to the Lord: See another description of this in vers. 25.1 And as, thus in regard of the greatness of him, there is none like him; so likewise in regard of the greatness of his works; vers. 12.2 Who hath measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? That is, look upon the great building of Heaven and Earth, and consider what went to these buildings, what might and power he must have to handle such things as these; as the vast mountains, the huge earth, the wind, and the seas; and consider, what an hand and arm he must have, that must do such things. And also consider the wisdom of God, that went to this work, and he did it alone; he had none to help him; take a man, let him set up a building, and he cannot do it of himself, but he needs some body to help him; but the Lord did all this alone: therefore he concludes, vers. 18.3 that there is none like to him; as if it were his scope and intention in that place.
Againe, a third expression he useth, and that is taken from the manner of his worship: for some ⟨p. 78⟩might here object; If he be so great, how short then doe we come of worshipping him, and of giving him that honour which we owe unto him? saith he; it is true, for all the beasts of Lebanon are not sufficient for a burnt offering: nay, all the wood of Lebanon is not enough to kindle the burnt offering. And take all the gods of the Gentiles, they were but men, and their Temples, and all the glory of them, they are nothing to the Lord: See another description of this in vers. 25.