A09977:739
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.
Thirdly, In the Infiniteness of his wisdom.
Thirdly, In the Infinitenesse of his wisedome.
Fourthly, In the Absoluteness of his will. The first of these we have spoken of his Omnipresence: now we come to speak of his Omnipotence.
Fourthly, In the Absolutenesse of his will. The first of these we have spoken of his Omnipresence: now we come to speake of his Omnipotence.
I will not stand to prove it. It is observed by some Divines, that God is almighty, is expressed seventy times in the Scripture. Mat. 19.26. Luke 1.39. To God nothing is impossible. He doth whatsoever he will: and in Genesis, it is said, The God almighty be with thee, &c. Genes. 28.3.
In handling this Attribute, I will show you what it is, and the reasons of it, and the objections against it, as I have done in the rest.