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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
The means of accomplishing Gods predestination, was the Creation and the fall.
The Creation is the World,1 and the inhabitants in the World.
- 1The creation.
The parts of the World, are the Heaven and the Earth.
The Heavens are three fold, 1. The Air, 2. Sky, 3. The invisible Heaven.
Heaven in a large acceptation,1 is all that is above the Earth. All which, is distinguished into three Heavens. The first Heaven is the space betwixt the Earth, and Starry Firmament. The second Heaven containeth the Sun, Moon, & Stars. The third Heaven is the invisible Heaven, this is the place in which the blessed do behold the Majesty, and glory of the Almighty.