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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.
So the rising & flourishing of Antichrist goes before the fall of Antichrist one way, and the fall of Antichrist goeth before the rising and flourishing of Antichrist another way, to wit it followeth after it.
So the rising & florishing of Antichrist goes before the fall of Antichrist one way, and the fall of Antichrist goeth before the rising and flourishing of Antichrist another way, to wit it followeth after it.
Now if this manner of language doth not go beyond all Canting, I know not what doth. But take we your phrase according to this sense, yet there is no truth in this assertion. God indeed was before all ages past, because he was when they had no beginning; but he shall not be after all ages to come, because he shall not be when all ages have an end.
Now if this manner of language doth not goe beyond all Canting, I know not what doth. But take wee your phrase according to this sense, yet there is no truth in this assertion. God indeed was before all ages past, because he was when they had no beginning; but he shall not be after all ages to come, because he shall not be when all ages have an end.
For according to your own opinion all ages shall never have end. And for this reason in the very beginning of this section your self affirmed, that God could not properly be said to be after all times and durations to come. For what (said you) can be after that which hath no end? To this I added, this could not be affirmed either properly or improperly, because there was no truth in it, as that which implied a manifest contradiction.
For according to your owne opinion all ages shall never have end. And for this reason in the very beginning of this section your selfe affirmed, that God could not properly be sayd to be after all times and durations to come. For what (sayd you) can be after that which hath no end? To this I added, this could not be affirmed eyther properly or improperly, because there was no truth in it, as that which implyed a manifest contradiction.