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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.
2. Reason also will make out the Eternity of his Decrees; for
1. The Act of God's Will is all one with God's Will, and his Will is all one with his Essence, and his Essence is one pure Simple Act; God is Love, essentially Love: Amat Deus, nec aliunde hoc habet, sed ipse est unde amat, & ideo vehementiùs, quia non amorem tam habet, quàm ipse est. All the Decrees of God are but Deus volens; and, as God being, and God knowing inhabit Eternity; so likewise doth God willing: the very Creatures willed, as they are in God in Esse Indeali, are Eternal. Notable is that of Anselm, Creaturae, prout sunt in Deo, sunt Essentia Creatrix. Suitable is that of S. Austin, who on those words (in ipso vita est) distinguishes between arca in art & arca in opere; arca in opere non est vita, sed arca in arte est vita, quia vivit animâ Artificis: Sapientia Dei, per quam fact a sunt omnia, secundùm artem, continet omnia, antequam fabricet omnia; terram vides, est in arte terra; coelum vides, est in arte coelum; Solem & Lunam ⟨p. 13⟩vides, sunt & ista in arte; sed foris corpora sunt, in arte vita sunt. Videte, si quo modo potestis; magna enim res dicta est. Oh the Comprehensions of the Divine Essence, Wisdom, Power and Will! Essences are Life and Eternity in the Divine Essence; Congruities are Life and Eternity in the Divine Wisdom; Possibles are Life and Eternity in the Divine Power; and Futuritions are Life and Eternity in the Divine Will.
1. The Act of God's Will is all one with God's Will, and his Will is all one with his Essence, and his Essence is one pure Simple Act; God is Love, essentially Love: Amat Deus, nec aliunde hoc habet, sed ipse est unde amat, & ideo vehementiùs, quia non amorem tam habet, quàm ipse est. All the Decrees of God are but Deus volens; and, as God being, and God knowing inhabit Eternity; so likewise doth God willing: the very Creatures willed, as they are in God in Esse Indeali, are Eternal. Notable is that of Anselm, Creaturae, prout sunt in Deo, sunt Essentia Creatrix. Sutable is that of S. Austin, who on those words (in ipso vita est) distinguishes between arca in arte & arca in opere; arca in opere non est vita, sed arca in arte est vita, quia vivit animâ Artificis: Sapientia Dei, per quam fact a sunt omnia, secundùm artem, continet omnia, antequam fabricet omnia; terram vides, est in arte terra; coelum vides, est in arte coelum; Solem & Lunam