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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.
It appears hence, that they are not gods, from ⟨p. 79⟩their newness, they had a beginning, and they have an end; but God is from everlasting,1 I am the first and last, Isaiah 41.4. and 44.6. and 43.10.2 The meaning is, all the other gods had a beginning, we know when they began, and their own Historians have related it; but I was before them all, saith the Lord, and they have all vanished away, even in your own sight.
It appeares hence, that they are not gods, from ⟨p. 79⟩their newnesse, they had a beginning, and they have an end; but God is from everlasting,1 I am the first and last, Esay 41.4. and 44.6. and 43.10.2 The meaning is, all the other gods had a beginning, we know when they began, and their owne Historians have related it; but I was before them all, saith the Lord, and they have all vanished away, even in your owne sight.
- 1All other gods are but new, He from everlasting.
- 2Isaiah 41.4. and 44.6. and 43.10.Esay 41.4. and 44.6. and 43.10.