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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.
How will you construe this sentence, and accommodate it to future times, whereupon notwithstanding it proceeds, as well as of things contained in time, both touching the terminations of them, which are future, and touching the beginnings of them which are past? Surely you cannot; ergo: the latter part of the sentence must be accommodated not to future times wherewith you began this sentence, but to all things contained in time it self. And these indeed have had beginnings which are past, and we do expect future terminations or, motions of them, according to the parts of future time, so long as time it self shall last.
How will you construe this sentence, and accommodate it to future times, whereupon notwithstanding it proceeds, as well as of things conteyned in time, both touching the terminations of them, which are future, and touching the beginnings of them which are past? Surely you cannot; ergo: the latter part of the sentence must be accommodated not to future times wherewith you began this sentence, but to all things conteyned in time it selfe. And these indeed have had beginnings which are past, and we doe expect future terminations or, motions of them, according to the parts of future time, so long as time it selfe shall last.
But what is this strange assertion you are impregnated withal, when you deliver it as a rare and curious conceit, that things contained in time do suppose a fountain of life not only to the beginnings of them, but also to their future terminations and motions. Whereas to my poor conceit, if a fountain of life be presupposed to things past, it must be presupposed also to things to come: And there is no curiosity in this; the inference rather is most vulgar; For seeing future things are behind things past, quod est prius priori must needs be prius posteriori; yet, that which is before a former thing, must needs be before a latter thing.
But what is this strang assertion you are impregnated withall, when you deliver it as a rare and curious conceyt, that things conteyned in time doe suppose a fountaine of life not only to the beginnings of them, but allso to their future terminations and motions. Whereas to my poore conceyt, if a founteyne of life be presupposed to things past, it must be presupposed allso to things to come: And there is no curiosity in this; the inference rather is most vulgar; For seing future things are behind things past, quod est prius priori must needs be prius posteriori; yet, that which is before a former thinge, must needs be before a latter thinge.