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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.
It is as high as Heaven, what canst thou do? It's as the highnesses of Heaven: Take all the Heights and Elevations, all the Spheres and Altitudes of Heaven, and try if thou canst reach them with thy short Arm; yea, climb up the highest Stories, the loftiest Pinnacles, touch, if thou canst, the several Orbs; yet the knowledge of this God, or this God the object of knowledge, is above and beyond all. What a Fool would he be thought, who should undertake to ascend the starry Heavens; yet he who would find out God to perfection, must ⟨p. 48⟩climb much higher. The Heavens are famous for their height; yea, the starry Heavens, that some wonder that the eyes of man are not tired before they reach them; Prov. 25.3. The Heavens for height, and the Earth for depth; Yet the third Heavens are much higher then they; but the most high God is far higher then the highest Heavens.
It is as high as Heaven, what canst thou do? It's as the highnesses of Heaven: Take all the Heights and Elevations, all the Spheres and Altitudes of Heaven, and try if thou canst reach them with thy short Arm; yea, climb up the highest Stories, the loftiest Pinnacles, touch, if thou canst, the several Orbes; yet the knowledge of this God, or this God the object of knowledge, is above and beyond all. What a Fool would he be thought, who should undertake to ascend the starry Heavens; yet he who would find out God to perfection, must ⟨p. 48⟩climb much higher. The Heavens are famous for their height; yea, the starry Heavens, that some wonder that the eyes of man are not tired before they reach them; Prov. 25.3. The Heavens for height, and the Earth for depth; Yet the third Heavens are much higher then they; but the most high God is far higher then the highest Heavens.