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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 THIRTEENTH SERMON.
EXOD. 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, &c.
EXOD. 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, &c.
IN these words, as you know, God describes himself to Moses by his eternal being; I AM hath sent me unto you. Now our business is to make this essence and being of GOD more fully known to you: This is done by ⟨p. 72⟩declaring to you the several Attributes, which are given to him in Scripture, we have passed through divers: The last Attribute was his Simplicity.
IN these words, as you know, God describes himselfe to Moses by his eternall being; I AM hath sent me unto you. Now our businesse is to make this essence and being of GOD more fully knowne to you: This is done by ⟨p. 72⟩