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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.
I call it [heavenly wisdom] for so it is called, 1 Cor. 2.13.1 The wisdom which we teach, is not in the words, which mans wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. So likewise the Apostle in another place calls it, The form of wholesome words;2 that is, That system, or comprehension of wholesome Doctrine delivered in the Scripture.
I call it [heavenly wisdome] for so it is called, 1 Cor. 2.13.1 The wisdome which we teach, is not in the words, which mans wisdome teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. So likewise the Apostle in another place calls it, The forme of wholesome words;2 that is, That systeme, or comprehension of wholesome Doctrine delivered in the Scripture.
Now it differs from other systems, and bodies of Sciences:1
Now it differs from other systemes, and bodies of Sciences: