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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.
3. It is the property of every Spirit to move with exceeding great force and strength, and with much vehemency, so that it far exceeds the strength of any body. Therefore in Isa: 31.3. speaking of the strength of the Egyptians, 1he saith, that they are flesh, and not spirit: as if he should say; all flesh is weak, but the spirit is strong. Therefore you see, the Devils, that ⟨p. 4⟩are spirits, what strength they have; and the man in the Gospel, that was possessed, it is said that he could break the strongest bonds, and you see it commonly in those that are possessed, and you read, how he threw down the house over Jobs children. This is the strength of the spirit exceeding the strength of any body.
3. It is the propertie of every Spirit to move with exceeding great force and strength, and with much vehemency, so that it farre exceeds the strength of any body. Therefore in Isa: 31.3. speaking of the strength of the Aegyptians, 1he saith, that they are flesh, and not spirit: as if hee should say; all flesh is weake, but the spirit is strong. Therefore you see, the Divells, that ⟨p. 4⟩are spirits, what strength they have; and the man in the Gospell, that was possessed, it is said that he could breake the strongest bonds, and you see it commonly in those that are possessed, and you read, how he threw downe the house over Iobs children. This is the strength of the spirit exceeding the strength of any body.