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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
Sermon 14: THE FOURTEENTH SERMON.Sermon 14: THE FOVRTEENTH SERMON.
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 FOURTEENTH SERMON.
THE FOVRTEENTH 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 they 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 they 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.
Object. WHEN men hear that GOD is thus unchangeable, that when he hath rejected any, he never retracts his decree; this objection may be made. For what end is it then to pray, to endeavour a change of life, or to repent, for if there be such ⟨p. 92⟩an unresistable decree past against me, what hope is there?
Object. WHEN men heare that GOD is thus unchangeable, that when he hath rejected any, he never retracts his decree; this objectiō may be made. For what end is it then to pray, to endeavour a change of life, or to repent, for if there be such ⟨p. 92⟩an unresistable decree past against mee, what hope is there?