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Heautonaparnumenos
Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denial. Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the press for the public benefit.Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denyall. Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the presse for the publike benefit.
London: printed by W. Wilson for Richard Royston, 1646
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.
Now, an Appendix to this Title of our Creation is that of Gods Preservation of us; for that is no other but the Act of Creation continued and sustained by that Word of God, whereby at ⟨p. 41⟩first He enacted the Law of Nature. And indeed, if we consider the Creatures Mutability, from one thing into another, by reason it is Contiguous with, and consists of, the Elements, that are altered every moment by the Heavens, and every moment alter and impair us, more or less, it will appear, that God's Preservation of us is, though not formally yet, materially as beneficial to us as our Creation, and therefore ought to infer the same Right in us, and involve us in the same Obligation.
Now, an Appendix to this Title of our Creation is that of Gods Preservation of us; for that is no other but the Act of Creation continu'd and sustain'd by that Word of God, whereby at ⟨p. 41⟩first He enacted the Law of Nature. And indeed, if we consider the Creatures Mutability, from one thing into another, by reason it is Contiguous with, and consists of, the Elements, that are altered every moment by the Heavens, and everie moment alter and impaire us, more or lesse, it will appeare, that God's Preservation of us is, though not formally yet, materially as beneficiall to us as our Creation, and therefore ought to inferre the same Right in us, and involve us in the same Obligation.
But this especially, if we consider 'tis such a Preservation of us, as withal includes a Benign Providence in it: Such as, besides our Being, provides for our well-being, well-being for our Bodies, in the things of this Life, and well-being for our souls, in the better things of the Life, to come. And this may lead us to that Other Title, whereby God claims us to be, not our own but, His, the Title of our Redemption.
But this especially, if we consider 'tis such a Preservation of us, as withall includes a Benigne Providence in it: Such as, besides our Being, provides for our well-being, well-being for our Bodies, in the things of this Life, and well-being for our soules, in the better things of the Life, to come. And this may lead us to that Other Title, whereby God claimes us to be, not our owne but, His, the Title of our Redemption.