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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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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.
Lastly, I adde,1 that GOD must bee every where present, not onely within the world, but as Salomon expresseth it, The heaven of heavens cannot containe him: that is, hee is without the world as well as within it, because wee cannot deny but that hee is able to make other worlds as well as this; and then if hee should not be without the world, he should move himselfe, and change his place: and there should bee a world where hee is not present: but he is not capable of any change, of any motion or alteration of place.
- 1Reas. 3.
Only one caution must be taken in: You see that the light is in many places throughout the world, but the presence of GOD is not like to that presence, nor the presence of any creature, because he is totally present: the creatures are ⟨p. 150⟩not so, but according to the parts of them, one part here, another there: but GOD being without all parts, whereso ever he is, he must be totally there. Therefore you must not conceive, God is commensurable by the place, as if he were partly here, and partly in another place, but he is every where all present. The heavens you see have a large place, but they have one part here, another there: but the Lord is totally present, wheresoever he is present.