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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.
Use 4 Moreover, if the Lord be thus full in himself, then he hath need of nothing.1 He therefore saith to all the men in the world, and to all things; he saith to Princes, I have no need of you; to rich men, I have no need of you, or of your wealth; he saith to Scholars, that have excellent parts, I have no need of you: therefore say not, I am undone, or the Churches are undone, because Princes are not for you; because men help you not, for God can help them alone; he doth not need Princes: When there was none, saith the LORD, I stirred up my self like a mighty Giant, he needs ⟨p. 127⟩no help, he is most perfect, full of being, able to do whatsoever he pleaseth.
Vse 4 Moreover, if the Lord be thus full in himselfe, then he hath need of nothing.1 He therefore saith to all the men in the world, and to all things; he saith to Princes, I have no need of you; to rich men, I have no need of you, or of your wealth; he saith to Schollers, that have excellent parts, I have no need of you: therefore say not, I am undone, or the Churches are undone, because Princes are not for you; because men helpe you not, for God can helpe them alone; he doth not need Princes: When there was none, saith the LORD, I stirred up my selfe like a mightie Giant, hee needs ⟨p. 127⟩no helpe, he is most perfect, full of being, able to doe whatsoever he pleaseth.
- 1God hath no need of any man or creature.
Use 5 Again, consider with thy self, that if thousand thousands perish, it is nothing to him;