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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.
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.
In handling this Attribute, I will shew you what it is, and the reasons of it, and the objections against it, as I have done in the rest.
The Omnipotence of God lies in this, that he is able to do whatsoever is absolutely, simply, and generally possible to be done. Other things can do what is possible to do in their own kind; as fire can do what belongs to fire to do; and a Lion can do what is possible for him to do: so men, and Angels: but no creature can do what is simply and absolutely possible to be done. Now whatsoever can be done, when the nature of the thing is not repugnant to it, without any limitation, that the Lord is able to do: and herein is his Omnipotence seen. And the ground of it is this.
The Omnipotence of God lyes in this, that hee is able to doe whatsoever is absolutely, simply, and generally possible to be done. Other things can doe what is possible to doe in their owne kinde; as fire can doe what belongs to fire to doe; and a Lion can doe what is possible for him to doe: so men, and Angels: but no creature can doe what is simply and absolutely possible to be done. Now whatsoever can be done, when the nature of the thing is not repugnant to it, without any limitation, that the Lord is able to doe: and herein is his Omnipotence seene. And the ground of it is this.
Because all creatures are put into their several kinds; a man is one kind of creature, he is not an Angel; Angels are another kind, they are not men; and as they are put in several kinds, and hedged in, and limited with ⟨p. 178⟩