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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.
First, By the works of his creation.1 The greatness of the works do show the greatness the maker. Isay 40.12. Who hath measured the heavens in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains ⟨p. 124⟩in scales, and the hills in a balance? that is, If you would look upon any work, you may judge of the workman by it; if you see a great building, you conceive it to be made by a man of some power: now when you look upon the great building of heaven and earth, you may think that he that handles the materials, as an Architect doth handle the stones, and lay them in their place is great: now the Lord doth put the waters together, as if he held them in his hand; and he measures out the heavens, as a workman measures out the roof: Again, every workman must work by plummet and by weight, now consider the great mountains, saith he, he weighs them in scales, and the hills in a balance: as this building doth go beyond mans, so doth the greatness of God exceed the greatness of man: and by this you may take a glimpse of the greatness of the Lord.
First, By the workes of his creation.