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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.
In the next place you tell us of Plotin's conclusion, namely, That while we seek to sit that which truly is with any portion of quantity, the life of it being thus divided by us, looseth its indivisible nature.
In the next place you tell us of Plotins conclusion, namely, That while we seeke to sit that which truly is with any portion of quantity, the life of it being thus divided by us, looseth its indivisible nature.
First, I like not that assertion, whether it be yours alone or derived from Plotin, in saying, that God alone truly is.
First, I like not that assertion, whether it be yours alone or derived from Plotin, in sayinge, that God alone truly is.
I well know our being is of a quite different nature from Gods being: but to deny that we creatures have a true being, is as good as to deny that we have any being at all.
I well knowe our beinge is of a quite different nature from Gods being: but to deny that we creatures have a true beinge, is as good as to deny that we have any being at all.