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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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4 It insinuates it self, and enters into any bodily substance, without all penetration of dimension; that is, it is not held out of any place, by reason of a body, that is in it; it may be in it, though the place be otherwise full: as, you see, the soul is in the body, you shall find no where an empty place, the body is every where whole; yet the Spirit insinuates it self in every part, and no body can keep it out. And so is God; he is invisible, not seen by any eye, he moves himself, and all things in the world, as he lists; and he doth what he doth with exceeding great strength; and then, he fills every place, both heaven and earth; what bodies soever be there, yet he may be there notwithstanding. And thus you see in what sense this is to be understood, God is a Spirit
4 It insinuates it selfe, and enters into any bodily substance, without all penetration of dimension; that is, it is not held out of any place, by reason of a body, that is in it; it may be in it, though the place be otherwise full: as, you see, the soule is in the body, you shall find no where an emptie place, the body is every where whole; yet the Spirit insinuates it selfe in every part, and no body can keepe it out. And so is God; he is invisible, not seene by any eye, hee moves himselfe, and all things in the world, as he lists; and he doth what he doth with exceeding great strength; and then, hee fills every place, both heaven and earth; what bodies soever be there, yet he may be there notwithstanding. And thus you see in what sense this is to be understood, God is a Spirit
Now we will come to apply this.
Use 1 If God be a Spirit, first then this we may gather from it: