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A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applied / by Geo. Swinnocke ...A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applyed / by Geo. Swinnocke ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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Treatise › Chapter 6: God incomparable in his Being, as it is Infinite and Incomprehensible.
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.
Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection: Men who seek God, may find him, Prov. 8.17. Math. 7.7. but they cannot find him to perfection: The word for perfection signifieth the height or utmost accomplishment of a thing. Somewhat of God may be known, but not all; They who find out most, are far from finding out the utmost of him. The Sun and all the celestial Lights may sooner be grasped in the hollow of mans ⟨p. 47⟩hand, and the vast Hills and Mountains weighed in a pair of common Scales, then the Almighty found out to perfection. Natural questions soon pose the most learned men; the forms even of inanimate Creatures are Riddles to most. How frequently do the greatest Scholars betake themselves to secret Sympathies and Antipathies, and occult qualities, as the Cloak and cover of their Ignorance: Eccles. 11.5. Canst thou know how the Bones grow of her that is with Child? O how much more must Divine questions exceed humane understanding.
Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection: Men who seek God, may find him, Prov. 8.17. Math. 7.7. but they cannot find him to perfection: The word for perfection signifieth the height or utmost accomplishment of a thing. Somewhat of God may be known, but not all; They who find out most, are far from finding out the utmost of him. The Sun and all the coelestial Lights may sooner be grasped in the hollow of mans ⟨p. 47⟩hand, and the vast Hills and Mountains weighed in a pair of common Scales, then the Almighty found out to perfection. Natural questions soon pose the most learned men; the forms even of inanimate Creatures are Riddles to most. How frequently do the greatest Schollars betake themselves to secret Sympathies and Antipathies, and occult qualities, as the Cloak and cover of their Ignorance: