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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verse 26
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.
His years come not under account, or number. God is eternal, not only without end, as created Spirits are, but without beginning, which no creature is, not can be; He is eternal, not only without end or beginning, but without succession or mutation. Some of the Ancients tell us,1 Eternity stands fast, but moves all other things. The eternal God is the first Mover, himself being immovable. If so, then
His years come not under account, or number. God is eternal, not only without end, as created Spirits are, but without beginning, which no creature is, not can be; He is eternal, not only without end or beginning, but without succession or mutation. Some of the Ancients tell us,1 Eternity stands fast, but moves all other things. The eternal God is the first Mover, himself being immoveable. If so, then
- 1—Stabilisque manens dat cuncta moveri. Boet: de Confol: Metro. 9.
First, All things are always present with or before God: Things past, things to come are present with God, he were not eternal else. In that eternity or eternal estate of glory which believers shall at last arrive unto, even they shall enjoy all at once, because all their enjoyments shall be in God, or God shall be their whole enjoyment.
First, All things are alwayes present with or before God: Things past, things to come are present with God, he were not eternal else. In that eternity or eternal estate of glory which believers shall at last arive unto, even they shall enjoy all at once, because all their enjoyments shall be in God, or God shall be their whole enjoyment.