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Mr. Bolton's last and learned work of the four last things death, judgement, hell,…Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things death, iudgement, hell,…
Mr. Bolton's last and learned work of the four last things death, judgement, hell, and heaven. With an assizes-sermon, and notes on Justice Nicolls his funeral. Together with the life and death of the author. Published by E.B.Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things death, iudgement, hell, and heauen. With an assises-sermon, and notes on Iustice Nicolls his funerall. Together with the life and death of the authour. Published by E.B.
London: printed by George Miller, 1632
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.
4. Our understandings upon necessity must be supernaturally irradiated and enlightened with extraordinary enlargement and divineness, before ⟨p. 115⟩we can possibly comprehend the glorious brightness of heavenly joys and full sweetness of eternal bliss. It is as impossible in this life for any mortal brain to conceive them to the life, as to compass the heaven with a span, or contain the mighty Ocean in a nut-shell. The Philosopher could say; that as the eyes of an Owl are to the light of the Sun, so is the sharpest eye of the most pregnant wit to the mysteries of nature. How strangely then would it be dazzled and struck stark blind with the excessive incomprehensible glory and greatness of celestial secrets, and immortal light?
4. Our understandings upon necessity must be supernaturally irradiated and illightened with extraordinary enlargement and divinenesse, before ⟨p. 115⟩we can possibly comprehend the glorious brightnesse of heavenly joyes and full sweetnesse of eternall blisse. It is as impossible in this life for any mortall braine to conceive them to the life, as to compasse the heaven with a span, or containe the mighty Ocean in a nut-shell. The Philosopher could say; that as the eyes of an Owle are to the light of the Sun, so is the sharpest eye of the most pregnant wit to the mysteries of nature. How strangely then would it be dazeled and struck starke blind with the excessive incomprehensible glory and greatnesse of celestiall secrets, and immortall light?
But although we cannot comprehend the whole, yet we may consider part. Though we cannot take a full draught of that over-flowing fountain of endless bliss above, yet we may taste; though we cannot yet enjoy the whole harvest, yet we take a survey of the first fruits. For, the Scriptures to this end shadow unto us a glimpse, by the most excellent, precious and desirable things of this life.
But although we cannot comprehend the whole, yet we may consider part. Though we cannot take a full draught of that over-flowing fountaine of endlesse blisse above, yet we may taste; though we cannot yet enjoy the whole harvest, yet we take a survey of the first fruits. For, the Scriptures to this end shadow unto us a glimpse, by the most excellent, precious and desireable things of this life.