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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
1. God is an immense Sea of infinite Perfections, or rather one infinite transcendent Perfection; and a Will (the fountain of Liberty) cannot be wanting in him, but there will be a Maim in his perfection. Liberum Arbitrium (saith Luther) est nomen planè divinum; solùm competit divinae Majestati: si hominibus tribuitur, nihilo rectiùs tribuitur quàm si Divinitas ipsa eis tribueretur, quo sacrilegio nullum esse majus possit. Sovereign and Supreme Liberty is a perfection too high for any Creature; for that, by natural and intrinsical Justice, owes subjection to its Maker. This is one of God's Crown-jewels, who sitteth King for ever and ever, dwelling in that light, which no Creature can approach unto, and in that Liberty, which no Creature can attain unto.
1. God is an immense Sea of infinite Perfections, or rather one infinite transcendent Perfection; and a Will (the fountain of Liberty) cannot be wanting in him, but there will be a Maim in his perfection. Liberum Arbitrium (saith Luther) est nomen planè divinum; solùm competit divinae Majestati: si hominibus tribuitur, nihilo rectiùs tribuitur quàm si Divinitas ipsa eis tribueretur, quo sacrilegio nullum esse majus possit. Sovereign and Supreme Liberty is a perfection too high for any Creature; for that, by natural and intrinsecal Justice, owes subjection to its Maker. This is one of God's Crown-jewels, who sitteth King for ever and ever, dwelling in that light, which no Creature can approach unto, and in that Liberty, which no Creature can attain unto.
2. God is blessed for evermore, blessed ⟨p. 4⟩in all perfection, and perfect in all blessedness in the fruition of himself: he is infinite Light, to see his own infinite Perfection; he is infinite Love, to embrace his own infinite Loveliness: As he cannot comprehensively know his own infinite Perfection, unless he have an infinite Understanding; so neither can he adequately embrace his own infinite Loveliness, unless he have an infinite Will. God hath but one simple Nature, and therefore but one simple Pleasure, which is no other than the intellectual and amatorious reflection of the divine Understanding and Will, on the divine Goodness for ever.