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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.
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⟩bounds and definitions, so is their power limited; they can do what is in their own sphere, and according to their essence and being, such is their power: But the Lord is a being without all limits and restraint, an absolute being, and an unlimited essence; and therefore he can be said not only to do things within such a compass, within this or that kind, but whatsoever is simply, and absolutely possible to be done; even that his power reacheth unto, and this is properly his Omnipotence.
Because all creatures are put into their severall kindes; a man is one kinde of creature, he is not an Angel; Angels are another kinde, they are not men; and as they are put in severall kindes, and hedged in, and limited with ⟨p. 178⟩bounds and definitions, so is their power limited; they can doe what is in their owne sphaere, and according to their essence and being, such is their power: But the Lord is a being without all limits and restraint, an absolute being, and an unlimited essence; and therefore he can be said not onely to doe things within such a compasse, within this or that kinde, but whatsoever is simply, and absolutely possible to be done; even that his power reacheth unto, and this is properly his Omnipotence.
There is no Attribute of GOD, that doth need a greater degree of faith than this: therefore reasons are not unnecessary. The first reason therefore is this.