The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

2. Life: ^pfor better is a living Dog then a dead Lyon. But when we speak of the life of God▪ we mean not only that he doth truly and properly by himself and of his own nature live, (and therefore is called the ^qliving God, and that form of swearing so often used, as JEHOVAH ^rliveth, which in ^sDeuteronomy he himself taketh up, For I lift my hands to Heaven, and say, that I live for ever. And in another ^tplace maketh it the proper note of his people, to swear by his Name, JEHOVAH liveth) but that from him proceedeth life unto all his creatures. As it is said, ^uIn him we live and move, and again, ^xHe giveth to all life and breath through all things, that is, to all his creatures. And in both these respects, it is that he is said to have life in himself, John the ^yfifth, As the Father liveth by himself, yea, to ^zbe life it self, and Deut. 30. 20. He is thy life and the length of thy days: Again, in the ^aPsalms, With thee is the fountain of life: whereby it appeareth that this is proper unto God.

2. Life: ^pfor better is a liuing Dogge then a dead Lyon. But when wee speake of the life of God wee meane not onely that hee doth truely and properly by himselfe and of his owne nature liue, (and therefore is called the