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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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it is he that disposeth of men, and puts them into such a condition; for he is the King of heaven and earth. Therefore complain ⟨p. 152⟩to him, and be patient, because he hath done it: do not complain of men, and fret against them, because the Lord is not absent in his kingdom, but is present to guide and dispose them according to his own pleasure.
it is he that disposeth of men, and puts them into such a condition; for he is the King of heaven and earth. Therefore complaine ⟨p. 152⟩to him, and be patient, because he hath done it: doe not complaine of men, and fret against them, because the Lord is not absent in his kingdome, but is present to guide and dispose them according to his owne pleasure.
Use 2 Secondly, If GOD be every where present in his own essence and person, we should the rather choose him to be our GOD, and rejoice much in the ampleness of our portion, seeing we have such a GOD that is every where:1 we can go no whither, but he is present with us; we have nothing to do a thousand miles hence, but he is there, and doth our business for us. We seek a multitude of friends, because one cannot do it, because one doth one thing, and another another; one friend may be a comfort to us in one place, but if you come to another place, there you may be destitute; friends cannot be every where, hence we need many friends: but if you look upon the Lord, and his omnipresence, all this is supplied in him; he is in every place, and he can do your businesses for you, though you be distant from the place, where they are to be done; and GOD is with you every where, as it was his promise to Jacob, when he went to Padan Aram, I will be with thee, saith the Lord. So he said to David; and when Joseph went into prison, the Lord went with him. When Abraham was called out of his Country, the Lord bid him to go, I will be with thee. Beloved, when you consider this, that GOD is every where