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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.
Whatsoever is changeable must be in a possibility either to receive some new being,1 or some other being that it had not before, either in substance or in circumstance, or else it cannot be changeable: now that which is capable of no new being in any respect, nor other being in no circumstance, or accident, cannot be changed. Now GOD is exceeding full of being, as the sea is of water, and the Sun of light, that is, he hath all the degrees and extensions of being in him: therefore he is not in possibility of receiving any other being, than he hath; he is not subject to receive any other being, for substance, and no other being for quantity, and ⟨p. 74⟩therefore nothing can be added to his time or place where he is; neither can he receive any other being for quality, no new habits, no new powers can be added to him; for if there could be, he should not be full of being, but there should be some defect in him; if there were any possibility in him of having any more: but seeing he is full of being, and constantly full, it cannot be that he should be subject to any change; some other being must be added to him, or else taken from him; but seeing that cannot be, therefore he must needs be unchangeable.
Whatsoever is changeable must be in a possibility either to receive some new being,1 or some other being that it had not before, either in substance or in circumstance, or else it cannot be changeable: now that which is capable of no new being in any respect, nor other being in no circumstance, or accident, cannot be changed. Now GOD is exceeding full of being, as the sea is of water, and the Sunne of light, that is, he hath all the degrees and extensions of being in him: therefore he is not in possibility of receiving any other being, than he hath; he is not subject to receive any other being, for substance, and no other being for quantity, and ⟨p. 74⟩therefore nothing can be added to his time or place where he is; neither can hee receive any other being for quality, no new habits, no new powers can be added to him; for if there could be, he should not be full of being, but there should be some defect in him; if there were any possibility in him of having any more: but seeing he is full of being, and constantly full, it cannot be that hee should be subject to any change; some other being must be added to him, or else taken from him; but seeing that cannot be, therefore he must needes be unchangeable.