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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 God decreeing; because whatsoever is in God, is God.1
- 1Ratio actus pueri, licèt per negationē a nobis explicitur; formaliter consistit in positiva perfection, includente omnē perfectionē, formaliter et eminenter: quā sequitur talis negatio. Smising. tract. 1. dis. 2. n 32. Deus omnia simul et semel comprehendit ab illo aternitatis NUNC, ex quo fuit Deus. Less. de perfect. •. 4. c. 1.Ratio actus pueri, licèt per negationē a nobis explicitur; formaliter consistit in positiva perfectione, includente omnē perfectionē, formaliter et eminenter: quā sequitur talis negatio. Smising. tract. 1. dis. 2. n 32. Deus omnia simul et semel comprehendit ab illo aternitatis NƲNC, ex quo fuit Deus. Less. de perfect. •. 4. c. 1.
It is God Decreeing by one Act; whatsoever God willeth, he willeth by one single act, hence God calleth himself I Am, Exod. 3.14. to show that he is without beginning, without end, and without succession. In him there is nothing past, nothing to come, but all is present. Whatsoever he thinks, he always hath thought, and always doth and will think. Whatsoever he willeth, he always hath Willed, and always doth, and will Will. There can be no more a new thought, a new intent, or a new purpose in God, then there can be a new God. This is further evidenced from the Simplicity of God: which is God considered as one, mere and perfect Act, without all composition: Whence, he might either not have been, or may not be. Of him it never could, or can be said; that any thing was to be in him, which is not, or cannot be, that is. A pure Act includes all perfection, and removeth all imperfection.
It is God Decreeing by one Act; whatsoever God willeth, he willeth by one single act, hence God calleth himself I Am,