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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.
But then again I say not only in respect of eternity are these denominations given unto God, but also in respect of the acquisition of new successive parts, not in himself but in time and things contained therein. For because God cannot be said to coexist with such things that have no existence at all, And all things without God have not their existence at once but some at one time some at another, hence is coexistence with them attributed unto God, according to differences of time past, present, and to come, not by reason of any succession of parts in God, but only in respect of succession of parts in time, and motions, in all things without God.
But then agayne I say not onely in respect of eternitie are these denominations given unto God, but also in respect of the acquisition of new successive parts, not in himselfe but in time and things contayned therein. For because God cannot be sayd to coexist with such things that have no existence at all, And all things without God have not theyre existence at once but some at one time some at another, hence is coexistence with them attributed unto God, according to differences of time past, present, and to come, not by reason of any succession of parts in God, but onely in respect of succession of parts in time, and motions, in all things without God.
But we shall have a mad World quickly, when men shall take upon them doctórally to dictate conclusions unto others from certain principles (as about the eternity of God, and the indivisible nature thereof) superficiarily apprehended, and never rightly, much less sufficiently understood.
But we shall have a mad World quickly, when men shall take upon them doctórally to dictate conclusions unto others from certayne principles (as about the eternitie of God, and the indivisible nature therof) superficiarily apprehended, and never rightly, much lesse sufficiently understood.