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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.
1 Because it is revealed from above; all other knowledge is gathered from things below.
2 Again, all other sciences are taught by men, but this is taught by the Holy Ghost.
2 Againe, all other sciences are taught by men, but this is taught by the Holy Ghost.
3 All other knowledge is delivered in the writings of men, but this is revealed to us in the holy Word of God, which was written by God himself, though men were the mediate pen-men of it; therefore, I add that, to distinguish it from all other Sciences; that, It is not revealed by men, but by the holy Ghost, not in books written by men, but in the holy Scriptures.
3 All other knowledge is delivered in the writings of men, but this is revealed to us in the holy Word of God, which was written by God himselfe, though men were the mediate pen-men of it; therefore, I adde that, to distinguish it from all other Sciences; that, It is not revealed by men, but by the holy Ghost, not in bookes written by men, but in the holy Scriptures.