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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.
EXOD. 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM, &c.
EXOD. 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent mee unto you, and they shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM, &c.
Object. 4 IF GOD produceth no infinite effect, and yet is infinite in power, that power which being never brought into act is in vain.
Object. 4 IF GOD produceth no infinite effect, and yet is infinite in power, that power which being never brought into act is in vaine.
Answ. 1 To this I answer, that it is true, when any power is appointed and destinated to any act, it is so ⟨p. 186⟩far in vain, as it doth not attain to that end and act: as bread is appointed to nourish; if it doth not, it is not fit for the end to which it is made, and so in vain: I may say the same of every thing else. But that is not the end of Gods power, to bring forth any effect answerable to it self: for his power (to speak properly) hath no end, but all things are made for it. In other things, the cause is proportionable for its end: but he himself is the cause of all other things; all that he doth, is for himself; and therefore though he doth not produce any such effect, yet his power is infinite.