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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.
THE TENTH SERMON.
EXODUS 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM: And he said; thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
EXODVS 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent mee unto you, and shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM: And he said; thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
WE come now to the next Attribute; and that is the Simplicity of God:1 he is without all composition, without any parts, not having soul and body, as we have, not being compounded of substance and accident, as we are, but he is ⟨p. 2⟩simple, without all composition. Which I gather out of these words; I AM, WHAT I AM: that is, whatsoever is in me, it is my self. I am a pure act, all being, a whole, entire, simple, and uniform being, without parts, not like to the creature: for the best of them is compounded of actions, and qualities, but whatsoever is in me, it is my self.
WEE come now to the next Attribute; and that is the Simplicity of God: