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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 16 › Part 7 › The Jnfinitenesse of his presence, Or, His Jmmensity.
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12. You see see it by experience, and cannot deny ⟨p. 149⟩it, that his power is every where, he guides all things, he puts forth his power every where: Now in the Lord seeing there is no faculty as is in man, but whatsoever is in him, is himself; it cannot be, but that he himself must be in every place where he doth any thing. The fire may heat afar off, and so may the Sun, give light to the whole world, and yet abide in the firmament, because it hath a quality of heat, and light: but Almighty God is most simple, there is no composition in him, no quality, no executive power, but he is himself what he is, and therefore what he doth is done by himself immediately, immediatione suppositi, as the Schoolmen express it.
12. You see see it by experience, and cannot deny ⟨p. 149⟩it, that his power is every where, he guides all things, he puts forth his power every where: Now in the Lord seeing there is no facultie as is in man, but whatsoever is in him, is himselfe; it cannot be, but that he himselfe must be in every place where he doth any thing. The fire may heate afarre off, and so may the Sunne, give light to the whole world, and yet abide in the firmament, because it hath a quality of heat, and light: but Almighty God is most simple, there is no composition in him, no quality, no executive power, but hee is himselfe what he is, and therefore what he doth is done by himselfe immediatly, immediatione suppositi, as the Schoolemen expresse it.
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Lastly, I add,1 that GOD must be every where present, not only within the world, but as Solomon expresseth it, The heaven of heavens cannot contain him: that is, he is without the world as well as within it, because we cannot deny but that he is able to make other worlds as well as this; and then if he should not be without the world, he should move himself, and change his place: and there should be a world where he is not present: but he is not capable of any change, of any motion or alteration of place.