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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 is a being without succession:1 the creatures have not this; there is something to them, which was not before; and something shall be, which is not for the present: this is true of every creature; of men and Angels; but with God there is no succession: and therefore it is that these words are used, I am hath sent unto you: which shows that there is no time past with him, there is no distinction of time with him, all things are alike to him; but with the creature there is flux of time, ⟨p. 99⟩the creatures enjoy one thing one minute, which they do not another; but God enjoys all at once, and that is one part of his blessedness, which the creature is not partaker of. And again, his acts are all done at once; but the creatures do all theirs by succession.
It is a being without succession:1 the creatures have not this; there is something to them, which was not before; and something shall be, which is not for the present: this is true of every creature; of men and Angels; but with God there is no succession: and therefore it is that these words are used, I am hath sent unto you: which shewes that there is no time past with him, there is no distinction of time with him, all things are alike to him; but with the creature there is flux of time, ⟨p. 99⟩the creatures enjoy one thing one minute, which they do not another; but God enjoyes all at once, and that is one part of his blessednesse, which the creature is not partaker of. And againe, his acts are all done at once; but the creatures doe all theirs by succession.
- 1Without succession.