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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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It was created immediately of God, not of any preexisting principle; and as it is for a more excellent use, so doth it consist of more excellent matter, distinguished from, and excelling of the matter of the other Heavens, Gems, Metals, precious Stones, or what ever material creature in this visible world. It excelleth the quintessence of the Chemists, namely, that spirit which they ⟨p. 343⟩extract from Herbs and Metals; for those spirits though never so subtle, yet are elementary, and mixed bodies. It excelleth the quintessence of the Philosophers, who understand thereby a material substance, diverse from the matter of the four Elements, whereby all things are compounded; In which sense some learned men (after Aristotle) will have these visible heavens to be quintessential, which notwithstanding, yet the third heavens are more subtle, and pure than they all, being not only immixed,1 but invisible, and having its natural place above all these bodies, and not descending.
It was created immediately of God, not of any preexisting principle; and as it is for a more excellent use, so doth it consist of more excellent matter, distinguished from, and excelling of the matter of the other Heavens, Gemmes, Metals, precious Stones, or what ever material creature in this visible world. It excelleth the quintessence of the Chymists, namely, that spirit which they ⟨p. 343⟩extract from Herbs and Metals; for those spirits though never so subtile, yet are elementary, and mixed bodies. It excelleth the quintessence of the Philosophers, who understand thereby a material substance, diverse from the matter of the four Elements, whereby all things are compounded; In which sense some learned men (after Aristotle) will have these visible heavens to be quintessential, which notwithstanding, yet the third heavens are more subtile, and pure than they all, being not onely immixed,1 but invisible, and having its natural place above all these bodies, and not descending.
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