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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. If Liberty do essentially consist in such an Indifferency, what say we to the blessed Saints in Heaven? Have not they all the essentials of Liberty? Are those Spirits made perfect in every thing else but that? Is that the thing that is wanting in Heaven? No surely; glorious Liberty cannot but be there, and yet what of an [Greek or Hebrew]; There God is All in all, and the Saints cannot take off their Eyes from him for ever; his Will is perfectly triumphant over theirs, and their Will is perfectly determined by his, so determined, as not to glance aside from it to all Eternity: And yet in this Determination Liberty is not destroyed but perfected, the Will is not in ⟨p. 479⟩straits or bonds, but in a Sabbath of Rest and Joy. Here's nothing of an equilibrium; that kind of Liberty is so magnified on Earth, that it shall never be glorified in Heaven; and if it be not glorified there, sure 'tis no Essential here.
2. If Liberty do essentially consist in such an Indifferency, what say we to the blessed Saints in Heaven? Have not they all the essentials of Liberty? Are those Spirits made perfect in every thing else but that? Is that the thing that is wanting in Heaven? No surely; glorious Liberty cannot but be there, and yet what of an 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; There God is All in all, and the Saints cannot take off their Eyes from him for ever; his Will is perfectly triumphant over theirs, and their Will is perfectly determined by his, so determined, as not to glance aside from it to all Eternity: And yet in this Determination Liberty is not destroyed but perfected, the Will is not in ⟨p. 479⟩straits or bonds, but in a Sabbath of Rest and Joy. Here's nothing of an aequilibrium; that kind of Liberty is so magnified on Earth, that it shall never be glorified in Heaven; and if it be not glorified there, sure 'tis no Essential here.