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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.
Now in this simplicity, and immixture of God, we will first fall upon that which the Scripture sets down in plain words, John 4.24.1 God is a Spirit: 2that is, he is not mixed, he is not compounded of body and soul, as men are, but he is a Spirit. The word Spirit, both in the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin tongue, doth signify, breath. A breath is indeed a body, but because it is the finest body, the most subtle, and most invisible, therefore immaterial substances, which we are not able to conceive, are represented to us under the name of a spirit, or breath.
Now in this simplicity, and immixture of God, wee will first fall upon that which the Scripture sets downe in plaine words, Iohn 4.24.1 God is a Spirit: 2that is, he is not mixt, he is not compounded of body and soule, as men are, but he is a Spirit. The word Spirit, both in the Hebrew, Greeke, and Latine tongue, doth signifie, breath. A breath is indeede a body, but because it is the finest body, the most subtile, and most invisible, therefore immateriall substances, which we are not able to conceive, are represented to us under the name of a spirit, or breath.