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Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either…
Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either practically exemplified in Jesus Christ, set forth in the Gospel, or may be reasonably deduced from thence / by Edward Polhill ..., Esq.
London: printed by A.M. and R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1678
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 Philosophers do, at least in some sort, own a Providence. Thus Theophrast, [Greek or Hebrew], There is a Divine Principle, by which all things both are, and continue to be. Thus Aristotle, What the Governor is in the Ship, the Driver in the Chariot, the Master in the Dance, the Law ⟨p. 158⟩in the City, the Leader in the Army, that is God in the World. Thus Tully argues; God is the most excellent being, and therefore must needs be Governor of the World. Plato's Idea's existing in the mind of God, were, as is thought, no other than his Decrees. The Fate of the Stoics, is by some taken for nothing else but the Providence of God. Hence the Epicureans, who denied Providence, in contempt called it, Anum fatidicam Stoicorum, the Stoics foretelling old woman. There was excellent Divinity in the ancient Fable, That [Greek or Hebrew], or Providence, was Midwife to Latona, that is, Nature. The Creature, though never so pregnant with power, brings forth just nothing without it.1 Plotinus disputes, That the Providence of God reaches to the lowest things. The Flowers have their beauty from an incommutable form; the sensible World comes from that intelligible one which is with God.
The Philosophers do, at least in some sort, own a Providence. Thus Theophrast, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, There is a Divine Principle, by which all things both are, and continue to be. Thus Aristotle, What the Governour is in the Ship, the Driver in the Chariot, the Master in the Dance, the Law ⟨p. 158⟩in the City, the Leader in the Army, that is God in the World. Thus Tully argues; God is the most excellent being, and therefore must needs be Governour of the World. Plato's Idea's existing in the mind of God, were, as is thought, no other than his Decrees. The Fate of the Stoicks, is by some taken for nothing else but the Providence of God. Hence the Epicureans, who denied Providence, in contempt called it, Anum fatidicam Stoicorum, the Stoicks foretelling old woman. There was excellent Divinity in the ancient Fable, That 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or Providence, was Midwife to Latona, that is, Nature. The Creature, though never so pregnant with power, brings forth just nothing without it.