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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 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.
Much less properly or truly can it be said that God is preexistent to all ages to come after a different way from that whereby he is said to be preexistent to all ages past.
Much lesse properly or truly can it be sayd that God is preexistent to all ages to come after a different way from that whereby he is sayd to be preexistent to all ages past.
But let us see whether any greater measure of sobriety, can be found in that which followeth.