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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.
That which is the very scope and drift of the Lords revealing his name to Moses;1 2Go and tell the people; I AM THAT I AM hath sent me unto you; that is, it should strengthen our faith, and encourage us, it should raise our minds, and stir up hope in us, in all wants, and in all distresses, that we fall into, upon any occasion: for this is the scope why the Lord reveals it here; he reveals it in a very seasonable time. A man would have thought it impossible, that they should be delivered ⟨p. 104⟩from Pharaoh, he being so mighty, yet God bids Moses go, and tell them, that he that IS, hath sent him unto them. He that IS, he that can make things to be, when they have no rudiments of being, he hath sent me.
That which is the very scope and drift of the Lords revealing his name to Moses;1 2Goe and tell the people; I AM THAT I AM hath sent me unto you; that is, it should strengthen our faith, and incourage us, it should raise our mindes, and stir up hope in us, in all wants, and in all distresses, that we fall into, upon any occasion: for this is the scope why the Lord reveales it here; he reveales it in a very seasonable time. A man would have thought it impossible, that they should be delivered ⟨p. 104⟩from Pharaoh, he being so mighty, yet God bids Moses goe, and tell them, that hee that IS, hath sent him unto them. Hee that IS, hee that can make things to be, when they have no rudiments of being, he hath sent me.
- 1Use. 2.Vse. 2.
- 2To strengthen our faith, and encourage us in our wants and crosses.