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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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Immensity is God present every where, neither included in,1 nor excluded from any place or thing, Psal. 139.7. Isai. 60.1. God is a Sphere, whose Centre is every where, the Circumference no where. God is no where, and God is every where: he is no where, in that he is not contained any where; he is every where, in that he containeth all: Hence God, in respect of his Omnipresence, is compared to an infinite Point. God is in every place by his Essence, as the universal Cause of the Being and operation of all things; by his Presence, beholding all things; and by his Power, upholding all things.
Immensity is God present every where, neither included in,1 nor excluded from any place or thing, Psal. 139.7. Isai. 60.1. God is a Sphere, whose Center is every where, the Circumference no where. God is no where, and God is every where: he is no where, in that he is not contained any where; he is every where, in that he containeth all: Hence God, in respect of his Omnipresence, is compared to an infinite Point. God is in every place by his Essence, as the universal Cause of the Being and operation of all things; by his Presence, beholding all things; and by his Power, upholding all things.
- 1Deus est sphaera, cujus centrum est ubique, circumferentia nusquam. Enter proesenter Deus •ic & •bique potenter.
Besides that Omnipresence of God, whereby he is always present with all creatures, there are certain peculiar ways of his presence with divers creatures. In Christ he dwelleth bodily, that is, personally,