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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.
And by the same reason the life of a Raven shall be as far of from eternity, as the life of a Hart, and the durance of an Hart as far from eternity as the Durance of a Crow, though three times as much; & the durance of a Crow as far of from eternity, as the durance of a Man, though nine tunes as much.
And by the same reason the life of a Raven shall be as far of from eternity, as the life of a Hart, and the durance of an Hart as farre from eternity as the Durance of a Crow, though three times as much; & the durance of a Crow as far of from eternity, as the durance of a Man, though nine tunes as much.
In the next place, as by way of inference, you add: So that future times and all things contained in time it self, presuppose a fountain of life. I will not trouble my self with your inference: What such move you to make choice of future times to instance in, rather of times in general, whether future, present, or past?
In the next place, as by waye of inference, you adde: So that future times and all things conteyned in time it selfe, presuppose a fountaine of life. I will not trouble my selfe with your inference: What such move you to make choyce of future times to instance in, rather of times in generall, whether future, present, or past?
I doubt preexistence to future times is in your imagination a very mysterious point; & such as you are loath your Reader should be acquainted with: For as Aristotle sayeth of Fallacies, [Greek or Hebrew], to discover them, is to solve them; so you may fear, the bare discovery of your conceit may be enough to discredit it. And yet, to show how well you please your self in it, you say that this fountain of life, presupposed to future times, and all things contained in them, is as truly preexistent to their future terminations, as it was to their beginnings.