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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.
Object. But you will say, this is against sense: GOD is All-sufficient, it is true, it is good to have him: but, do we not need many hundred things besides? Must we not have friends, house, wife, &c.? Can we live without them? Can we live without friends, estate convenient? What is your meaning then to have GOD alone for our portion?
Object. But you will say, this is against sence: GOD is All-sufficient, it is true, it is good to have him: but, doe we not need many hundred things besides? Must we not have friends, house, wife, &c.? Can wee live without them? Can wee live without friends, estate convenient? What is your meaning then to have GOD alone for our portion?
Answ. GOD hath all these in him, that is, he hath the comfort of them all: if he be Almighty ⟨p. 188⟩and All-sufficient, then look about, and consider the multitude of the things thou needest, and the variety of comforts thou desirest, and thou shalt find all in him. That argument which you are not strangers to. He hath made them all; and there is nothing in the effect, but what is in the cause, because it gave it to the effect first, and it gives nothing, but what it self had before: if he hath put in beams of comfort, and this beauty in the several creatures, must they not needs be in him?
Answ. GOD hath all these in him, that is, hee hath the comfort of them all: if he bee Allmighty ⟨p. 188⟩and All-sufficient, then looke about, and consider the multitude of the things thou needest, and the variety of comforts thou desirest, and thou shalt finde all in him. That argument which you are not strangers to. He hath made them all; and there is nothing in the effect, but what is in the cause, because it gave it to the effect first, and it gives nothing, but what it selfe had before: if hee hath put in beames of comfort, and this beauty in the severall creatures, must they not needs be in him?