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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.
And as it should move us to do this in our wants; so it should help thee in all those great crosses that afflict thee: For every cross is in that which is not; as Rachel wept of her children that were not: You shall see in Abraham, he believed in GOD, even in GOD, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were Rom. 4.17.1 This was Abraham's case, he was to lose his son, for ought that he knew, yet he comforted himself in this, that Jehovah, the mighty God, that is the Lord of being, he that calleth things that are not, as if they were, he could either give him his own son again, or one that was as good as he. Thus he did comfort himself; and so may we upon all occasions: God can make things to be that are not. Take Job, when his houses, his children, estate, all were gone, and all were not, yet Jehovah, he that makes things that are not, did not he make all things to return again? So David, when things were not, ⟨p. 106⟩when his Kingdom was not, when his good name was gone, as we see by Shimei's cursing, what a name he had, yet God did make all to come again. Naomi, when all was gone, her husband and her sons gone, and they were not, yet he that was the Lord of being gave her a son, and a daughter, that brought her in more comfort that her own sons would. And this is the use that I would have you to make of it.
And as it should move us to doe this in our wants; so it should helpe thee in all those great crosses that afflict thee: For every crosse is in that which is not; as Rachel wept of her children that were not: You shall see in Abraham, he beleeved in GOD, even in GOD, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were Rom. 4.17.1 This was Abrahams case, he was to lose his sonne, for ought that he knew, yet he comforted himselfe in this, that Iehovah, the mightie God, that is the Lord of being, he that calleth things that are not, as if they were, hee could either give him his owne sonne againe, or one that was as good as he. Thus he did comfort himselfe; and so may we upon all occasions: God can make things to be that are not. Take Iob, when his houses, his children, estate, all were gone, and all were not, yet Iehovah, he that makes things that are not, did not he make all things to returne againe? So David, when things were not,