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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.
For first God hath no existence to come, for if he had, then he should have also an existence past, and consequently he should be measured with time, and subject unto motion. And whereas the Scriptures do confess that God is he which was, and is, and is to come; this is to be understood of his coexistence and not of his existence; as much as to say God doth not only coexist with all things present, but also did coexist, with all things past; that is to say with every one of them in the time of their existence, and also shall coexist, with all things to come, that is to say, with every one of them in the time of their actual existence.
For first God hath no existence to come, for if he had, then he should have also an existence past, and consequently he should be measured with time, and subject unto motion. And whereas the Scriptures doe confesse that God is he which was, and is, and is to come; this is to be understood of his coexistence and not of his existence; as much as to say God doth not onely coexist with all things present, but also did coexist, with all things past; that is to say with every one of them in the time of theyr existence, and also shall coexist, with all things to come, that is to say, with every one of them in the time of theyre actuall existence.
Now this coexistence of God with things past, and things to come is not present, only his coexistence with things present, is present, his coexistence with things past, is past, and in that respect tis said he was; so likewise his coexistence with things to come is to come, and in that respect only it is said that God is to come.
Now this coexistence of God with things past, and things to come is not present, onely his coexistence with things present, is present, his coexistence with things past, is past, and in that respect tis sayd he was; so likewise his coexistence with things to come is to come, and in that respect onely it is sayd that God is to come.