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A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of…A discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of…
A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of D. Jacksons profound discourses, may see the vanity and weakness of them, in sundry passages, and especially so far as they tend to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twice, Doctor of Divinity, as they say, from whom the copy came to the pressA discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of D. Iacksons profound discourses, may see the vanitie and weaknesse of them, in sundry passages, and especially so farre as they tende to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twisse, Doctor of Divinitie, as they say, from whom the copie came to the presse
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 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.
Therefore look what produceth the things themselves, & maintains them, being produced, from thence they are to be accounted to have their beginning. Now it is the power and will of God, whereby things are created and preserved, & not the eternity of God. By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made, & all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. We no where read, that by the eternity of God all things were made, Angels and Men, Heaven and Earth.
Therefore looke what produceth the things themselves, & maynteynes them, being produced, from thence they are to be accoumpted to have their beginning. Now it is the power and will of God, wherby things are created and preserved, & not the eternity of God. By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made, & all the hoast of them by the breath of his mouth. We no where read, that by the eternitie of God all things were made, Angells and Men, Heaven and Earth.
And so likewise as by his word he made all things, so by the power of his mighty word he supports all things. Heb. 1. And 1therefore all things both touching their being and duration, depend upon the mighty word of God: this we have ground for: But that they depend upon his eternity, we have no ground to affirm; though it is true that both God, and his Word, and Spirit are eternal, otherwise he could not be the Creator of the World. Upon the back of this, you come in with a new Paradox, namely that From all eternity, there was a possibility for us to be; as if it were possible for a creature to be from all eternity.
And so likewise as by his word he made all things, so by the power of his mighty word he supports all things. Heb. 1. And 1therefore all things both touching theyr being and duration, depend upon the mighty word of God: this we have ground for: But that they depend upon his eternity, we have no ground to affirme; though it is true that both God, and his Word, and Spirit are eternall, otherwise he could not be the Creator of the World. Vpon the back of this, you come in with a new Paradox, namely that From all eternity, there was a possibility for us to be; as if it were possible for a creature to be from all eternity.