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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
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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.
In the next place I add the object, about which this wisdom is conversant, it is the knowledge of God, and of our selves. And so it is likewise distinguished from all other knowledge, which hath some other objects. It is the knowledge of God, that is, of God, not simply considered, or absolutely, in his Essence, but as he is in reference and relation to us.
In the next place I adde the object, about which this wisdome is conversant, it is the knowledge of God, and of our selves. And so it is likewise distinguished from all other knowledge, which hath some other objects. It is the knowledge of God, that is, of God, not simply considered, or absolutely, in his Essence, but as he is in reference and relation to us.
And again, it is not simply the knowledge of ⟨p. 3⟩our selves, (for many things in us belong to other arts and sciences) but as we stand in reference to God; so that these are the two parts of it; the knowledge of God, in reference to us; and of our selves, in reference to him.