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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.
So a man may apply it to any thing else; if a man shall say, that his own wit, or worth, or industry, &c. doth bring things to pass; he takes that praise which peculiarly belongs to God, and gives it to the creature; whereas the Lord says, Jehovah is my name, and there is not the least thing, but I bring it to pass. Take heed therefore of that secret Idolatry which God hates; it is a place which you know, Hab. 1.16.1 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their Drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. To offer sacrifice, is, to do that which is proper to God: now to go about any thing, and to say, that thy wealth brings it to pass, is to sacrifice to thine own net, that is, to attribute that to thy self, which is proper only to him.
So a man may apply it to any thing else; if a man shall say, that his owne wit, or worth, or industrie, &c. doth bring things to passe; he takes that praise which peculiarly belongs to God, and gives it to the creature; whereas the Lord sayes, Iehovah is my name, and there is not the least thing, but I bring it to passe. Take heed therefore of that secret Idolatry which God hates; it is a place which you know, Hab. 1.16.1 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burne incense unto their Dragge; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. To offer sacrifice, is, to doe that which is proper to God: now to goe about any thing, and to say, that thy wealth brings it to passe, is to sacrifice to thine owne net, that is, to attribute that to thy selfe, which is proper onely to him.