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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.
2 Another kind of Atheism is, when a man doubts of the Deity, and observes it not. There are some degrees of doubting in the hearts of all men, as we shall see by these effects, that this untaken-notice-of ⟨p. 25⟩Atheism doth produce. As,§1 when men shall avoid crosses, rather than sin, not considering that the wrath and displeasure of God goes with it, which is the greatest evil that can befall us: What is the reason of it? That whereas the greatest cross is exceeding light, if the wrath of God be put in the other balance, what is the reason that yet this should overweigh the other, in our apprehension, if we be fully persuaded of this principle, that God made Heaven and earth? What is the reason that when crosses and sin come into competition, as two several ways, that we must go one way; why will men rather turn aside from a cross, to sin against God, and violate the peace of their consciences, rather than undergo losses, or crosses, or imprisonment?
2 Another kinde of Atheisme is, when a man doubts of the Deity, and observes it not. There are some degrees of doubting in the hearts of all men, as we shall see by these effects, that this untaken-notice-of ⟨p. 25⟩