Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
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Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
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Preston, John, 1587-1628.
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"Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09977.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 31, 2024.
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THE TABLE.
A.
Absolute.
THe perfection of God ab∣solute. Part. 1, Pag. 121
Adorne.
The spirit of man how it should be adorned. Part. 2, Pag. 15
Adorning of the spirit com∣mends us to God. Part. 2, Pag. 18
Adversaries.
The truth of the Scriptures proved by the testimony of the adversaries. Part. 1, Pag. 53
Advantage.
Hee that puts himselfe from Gods worke for his owne advantage, makes himselfe his end. Part. 1, Pag. 149
Affections.
Affections inordinately set on a thing, make it a god. Part. 1, Pag. 90
Affections sinfull must be pur∣ged out. Part. 2, Pag. 62
Affections to the creatures, what raiseth them. Part. 2, Pag. 204
Affections strong breed strong afflictions. Ibid.
Agreement.
Agreement of the prophecies in Scripture. Part. 1, Pag. 52
Alcoran.
Alcoran of Mahomet barba∣rous. Part. 1, Pag. 84
Almighty.
God is almighty. Part. 2, Pag. 128
That God is almighty, 70 times repeated in Scripture. Part. 2, Pag. 177
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God is almighty. Part. 2, Pag. 186
Alone.
To beleeve that God is God alone. Part. 1, Pag. 85
To behold God alone in serving him. Part. 2, Pag. 36
VVhy men are not content with God alone. Part. 2, Pag. 187
Angels.
Angels used in guiding the course of things. Part. 1, Pag. 35
Antiquity.
Antiquity of Scripture proves them true. Part. 1, Pag. 57
Apprehension.
Apprehension of things makes them heavy or easy. Part. 2, Pag. 30
Arts.
Arts why invented. Part. 1, Pag. 3
Assent.
Assent double. Part. 1, Pag. 46
Assent bred differently in the Saints and others. Part. 1, Pag. 62
Atheisme.
Atheisme of two kindes. Part. 1, Pag. 24
Atheisme, the effects of it. Part. 1, Pag. 25
Iunius converted from atheisme Part. 1, Pag. 56
Attributes.
Attributes of God of two sorts Part. 1, Pag. 119
B.
Beast, see Man.
Before.
God before all things. Part. 1, Pag. 120
If God had any cause, some∣what was before him. Part. 1, Pag. 140
Being.
Being properly onely in God. Part. 1, Pag. 97
Being of God explained in five things. Ibid.
Being given to all things by God. Part. 1, Pag. 99
VVee should give God the praise of his being. 1.112
All things but God are capable of not being. 1.142
VVhat being hee must have that is eternall. Part. 1, Pag. 157
God the first being. Part. 2, Pag. 50
God not capable of any new being. Part. 2, Pag. 73
Beginning.
He that is eternal must be with∣out beginning. Part. 1, Pag. 157
Body.
Body must bee kept downe. Part. 2, Pag. 23
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Body, gestures of it used in Gods worship. Part. 2, Pag. 38
Busie.
VVhy men are so busie in worldly things. Part. 2, Pag. 132
C.
Cast off.
VVe should take heed God cast us not off. Part. 2, Pag. 80
The time of Gods casting off unknowne. Part. 2, Pag. 83
Cause.
The creatures should be with∣out cause, if they were not made. Part. 1, Pag. 8
God the first cause. Part. 1, Pag. 39
God without all cause. Part. 1, Pag. 140
God a voluntary cause. Part. 2, Pag. 181
Change.
Change in the creature whence it is. Part. 2, Pag. 75
Change in us a token of good. Part. 2, Pag. 94
VVhen we thinke our conditi∣on cannot change, we doubt of Gods power. Part. 2, Pag. 195
See Imperfect.
Chronology.
Chronology of Scripture exact. Part. 1, Pag. 55
Church.
Churches testimony proves the truth of Scripture. Part. 1, Pag. 58
Scriptures of greater authority than the Church. Part. 1, Pag. 59
God will shew himselfe God in raising the Churches. Part. 1, Pag. 87
Not to faint in the misery of the Churches. Part. 1, Pag. 109
Christ.
Christ his humanity alone not to be worshipped. Part. 2, Pag. 45
See Mahomet.
Cleaue.
What makes us cleave to a thing. Part. 1, Pag. 86
Conceive.
God is beyond all that we can conceive. Part. 2, Pag. 129
Complaint.
Complaint and griefe whence it ariseth. Part. 1, Pag. 104
Command.
The creature at Gods command. Part. 1, Pag. 138
Confusion.
Confusion, when the body rules the spirit. Part. 2, Pag. 21
Comfort, see God, see Heaven.
Composition.
God without composition. Part. 2, Pag. 49
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...Counsell, see Eternity.
Covenant.
How to know we are in cove∣nant with God. Part. 2, Pag. 85
Covenant twofold. Part. 2, Pag. 86
Covenant not frustrate by our sinnes. Part. 2, Pag. 87
Constancy.
To judge of our spirits by con∣stancy in well-doing. 2; 111
Constancy in ill nothing worse. Part. 2, Pag. 113
Constancy, to beg it of God. Ibid.
Constancy, two meanes to get it. Part. 2, Pag. 115
Company.
Company, why it is desired. Part. 2, Pag. 166
Companions that a man may al∣way have Part. 2, Pag. 167
Company, the more griefe in want of it, the lesse wise∣dome. Ibid.
Contradiction, see Infinite.
Content.
To be content with GOD, though with crosses, Part. 1, Pag. 130
To be content with a simple condition. Part. 2, Pag. 54
Content bred by godlinesse: Part. 2, Pag. 58
Creature.
Creatures, to learne the vanity of them. Part. 1, Pag. 116
Creatures of themselves can doe nothing for us. Part. 1, Pag. 137
Creatures, difference betweene God and them. Part. 1, Pag. 146
Creatures, not to goe to them but God. Part. 2, Pag. 67
Creatures, difference betweene God and them in respect of his unchangeablenes: Part. 2, Pag. 103
Creatures, not to expect much from them: Ibid:
Creation.
Workes of creation shew the greatnesse of God: Part. 2, Pag. 123
Gods omnipotence in the crea∣tion. Part. 2, Pag. 178
Crosses.
Crosses, God doth his good by them: Part. 1, Pag. 41
Crosses, faith strengtheneth in them, how: Part. 1, Pag. 105
See Content.
D.
Dead, Death.
He that beleeveth not Christ, would not beleeve one rising from the dead: Part. 1, Pag. 42
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We cannot see reason for many things till death: Part. 1, Pag. 103
Death sweetned by walking with God: Part. 1, Pag. 165
Decree.
Decree of God unchangeable, yet unknowne: Part. 2, Pag. 92
Defend.
GOD is able to defend us: Part. 2, Pag. 166
Delay.
Delay of GOD should not of∣fend us, why. Part. 1, Pag. 168
Delay seemes long, why: Part. 1, Pag. 169
Depend, Dependent.
Not to depend on many things: Part. 2, Pag. 56
Dependent felicity to trust in the creature: Part. 2, Pag. 106
Desires.
Desires must bee strong that helpe resolution: Part. 2, Pag. 121
How to get strong desires: Ibid:
Despise.
What makes a man despise out∣ward things: Part. 2, Pag. 138
Destroy.
A man destroyeth himselfe, how Part. 1, Pag. 10
Die, Dying.
Mortifying of lusts a dying dai∣ly: Part. 1, Pag. 66
Heathen gods die, therfore false Part. 1, Pag. 81
Direction.
Men desire company for dire∣ction: Part. 2, Pag. 166
Discontent.
Discontent, whence it is: Part. 1, Pag. 123
Dispose.
Affliction and prosperity dispo∣sed by GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 40
To be content with GODS dis∣posing of us: Part. 1, Pag. 124
Doe, Doing.
VVe are present with GOD by doing his will: Part. 2, Pag. 161
To consider what GOD doth to us: Part. 2, Pag. 162
Some things that GOD cannot doe, why: Part. 2, Pag. 182
Double.
Double-minded man who: Part. 2, Pag. 60
Sinful affections make the heart double: Part. 2, Pag. 62
E.
Effects.
Three effects of a firme assent
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that there is a GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 70
Efficacy.
Efficacy of the creature from GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 137
Enemy.
VVhat an enemy GOD is to wicked men: Part. 2, Pag. 175
End.
All creatures have an end: Part. 1, Pag. 9
VVe should doe nothing for our owne ends: Part. 1, Pag. 146
End of mens callings appoin∣ted by GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 147
VVhen a man makes himselfe his end: Part. 1, Pag. 148
Ending.
Hee that is eternall must be without ending: Part. 1, Pag. 157
See Advantage.
Ensignes.
Ensignes of GODS greatnes: Part. 2, Pag. 124
Equall.
Attributes of GOD equall: Part. 2, Pag. 53
Equality of GODS Attributes prove him omnipotent: Part. 2, Pag. 180
Erre, see Rule.
Essence.
Essence of GOD what: Part. 1, Pag. 94
Essence of GOD infinite, 2:148
Eternall, Eternity.
Eternity of GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 156
Eternity 5 things in it: Part. 1, Pag. 157
VVhy God must be eternall: Part. 1, Pag. 158
Foure differences betweene the eternity of GOD, and duration of the creatures: Part. 1, Pag. 159
Eternall things to be minded more: Part. 1, Pag. 161
Eternity, an exhortation to con∣sider of it: Part. 1, Pag. 165
Eternity, motives to consider it: Part. 1, Pag. 167
Eternity what: Part. 1, Pag. 168
Love and enmity of GOD eter∣nall: Part. 1, Pag. 171
Hatred and joy in GOD from eternity: Part. 2, Pag. 78
Counsels of God from eternity: Part. 1, Pag. 81
Evill.
Things are not alway evill that we think are: Part. 1, Pag. 42
Everlasting.
GOD from everlasting: other gods new: Part. 1, Pag. 79
GODS being everlasting. Part. 1, Pag. 98
Events.
Events contrary to mans pre∣parations. Part. 1, Pag. 39
Exalt.
To exalt GOD as GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 135
Excellency.
Excellency outward not to be
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sought after: Part. 2, Pag. 17
Excellency outward of 3 sorts: Ibid:
F.
Faculties.
Men desire company to exercise their faculties: Part. 2, Pag. 166
...Faint, see Church.
Faith.
That there is a GOD, proved by faith: 1, 19, 45
Faith what. Part. 1, Pag. 20
Faith in this that there is a GOD should be confirmed: Part. 1, Pag. 61
Faith of elect and others differ: Part. 1, Pag. 62
Faith though the same hath se∣verall acts: Part. 1, Pag. 72
Faith strengthened by revea∣ling GODS name: Part. 1, Pag. 103
False.
The gods, and religion of the Gentiles false: Part. 1, Pag. 80
The religion of Mahomet false. Part. 1, Pag. 82
Feare.
VVhy we should feare God: Part. 1, Pag. 171
See Goodnesse.
Fire.
The Spirit as Fire: Part. 2, Pag. 15
Fill.
The Lord fills heaven and earth Part. 2, Pag. 45
Flee.
God such an enemy as the wic∣ked cannot flee from: Part. 2, Pag. 174
Force.
Force in the motion of a spirit: Part. 2, Pag. 3
Foundation.
Foundation of faith stable: Part. 2, Pag. 51
Friendship.
Friendship of God to be estee∣med: Part. 1, Pag. 129
Future.
Future things knowne onely to God. Part. 1, Pag. 79
G.
GOD.
God, that he is: Part. 1, Pag. 3
That there is a God: Part. 1, Pag. 5
Creatures should be God, if they were not made: Part. 1, Pag. 8
A God sought naturally by all: Part. 1, Pag. 14
That there is a God, consequents of it: Part. 1, Pag. 28
Meanes to confirme our faith, that there is a God: Part. 1, Pag. 68
That God is God, and none be∣sides him: Part. 1, Pag. 75
5 Arguments, that there is no other God: Part. 1, Pag. 76
God, what he is: Part. 1, Pag. 94
God, how to conceive of him in prayer: Part. 2, Pag. 44
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GOD, how said to come and goe: Part. 2, Pag. 77
GOD, the comfort of all things in him: Part. 2, Pag. 188
See Affections.
Good, Goodnesse.
The commands of GOD for our good: Part. 1, Pag. 127
Eternity makes things infinite∣ly good: Part. 1, Pag. 160
To feare GOD for his goodnes: Part. 2, Pag. 14
See Observe.
Government.
Government of the world by GOD Part. 2, Pag. 150
See Spirit.
Grace, Gracious.
Grace of GOD free: Part. 1, Pag. 125
The Lord is gracious: Part. 2, Pag. 46
To goe to GOD for grace: Part. 2, Pag. 69
See Light, Sin, Vnchangable.
Grieve, see Himselfe.
Greatnesse.
Greatnesse of GOD: Part. 2, Pag. 123
Greatnesse of GOD declared in sixe things; Ibid:
Greatnesse of GOD compared: Part. 2, Pag. 126
Greatnesse of mind to be sought Part. 2, Pag. 129
VVhat makes the mind great: Part. 2, Pag. 130
Greatnesse outward why men are led away with it: Ibid:
Greatnesse of minde how got∣ten: Part. 2, Pag. 137
To feare GOD for his greatnes: Part. 2, Pag. 140
H.
Hate.
Pollution of spirit to hate it: Part. 2, Pag. 12
How to come to hate it. Part. 2, Pag. 13
Heathen.
Passages of Scripture acknow∣ledged by Heathen. Part. 1, Pag. 53
Heaven.
No want of outward comforts in heaven. Part. 2, Pag. 19
See Humble.
Helpe.
No case so desperate but GOD can helpe: Part. 2, Pag. 203
Hindred.
GOD cannot be hindred: Part. 2, Pag. 52
High.
Not to put our selves to things too high: Part. 1, Pag. 149
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Himselfe.
Being of God of himselfe. Part. 1, Pag. 98
GOD may doe things for him∣selfe. Part. 1, Pag. 144
what he doth that greiues most for things that concerne him∣selfe. Part. 1, Pag. 150
Hope.
Hope of the Saints whereon built: Part. 1, Pag. 63
Holinesse.
Holinesse of Scripture: Part. 1, Pag. 52
Holinesse what: Part. 2, Pag. 37
Holinesse expressed outwardly: Part. 2, Pag. 39
Holinesse of God shewes his greatnesse Part. 2, Pag. 127
Holy ghost.
Holy ghost guided penmen of Scripture: Part. 1, Pag. 48
Humble.
An Humble man takes heauen how Part. 1, Pag. 121
Humanity, see CHRIST.
I.
I am.
I am, what meant by it: Part. 1, Pag. 95
Idolatry.
To keepe our hearts from Ido∣latry: Part. 1, Pag. 88
Idolatry of two kinds: Ibid:
Idolatry 3 grounds of it: Part. 1, Pag. 82
Idolatry to resolve on things by our owne strength: Part. 1, Pag. 112
Image.
Image of God: Part. 1, Pag. 15
Image of God in the soule dou∣ble: Part. 1, Pag. 16
...Immediate, see Government.
Impure.
The life and doctrine of Maho∣met impure Part. 1, Pag. 84
Immense.
The Immensity of Gods being: Part. 1, Pag. 97
Immensity of Gods being shews his greatnesse: Part. 2, Pag. 127
Immensity of God: Part. 2, Pag. 147
Immensity of God we should rejoyce in it: Part. 2, Pag. 152
Immensity of God we should studie it. Part. 2, Pag. 153
Imperfection.
Imperfection negatiue in the Saints: Part. 1, Pag. 121
Imperfection where there is change: Part. 2, Pag. 73
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Impenitence.
Impenitence punnished in Gods children: Part. 2, Pag. 99
Immutable.
Immutability of God Part. 2, Pag. 72
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2, 73
Grace in it selfe not immutable: Part. 2, Pag. 115
Inconstancy.
Inconstancy, to be humbled for it. Part. 2, Pag. 112
Inconstancy, two causes of it: Part. 2, Pag. 115
Inconstancy from weaknesse: Part. 2, Pag. 117
Indeavour.
Indeavours help not when God hath cast off a man: Part. 2, Pag. 83
Indeavour, not taken away by Gods decree: Part. 2, Pag. 92
Infinite.
God is infinite: Part. 2, Pag. 74
To make a creature infinite, were a contradiction: Part. 2, Pag. 186
See Essence, Presence.
Invisible.
To be invisible, a property of a spirit: Part. 2, Pag. 2
Inquire.
Somewhat in God we must not inquire into. Part. 1, Pag. 100
Injuries.
Injuries of men, why we are so affected with them: Part. 2, Pag. 133
How to be patient in injuries: Part. 2, Pag. 156
Influence.
To beleeve there is a God hath influence into the whole life: Part. 1, Pag. 64
Iustification.
Faith strengthened in matters of justification, whence. Part. 1, Pag. 71
Iust, see Will.
Iudgements.
Iudgements spirituall the grea∣test: Part. 2, Pag. 27
Iudgements dispensed by God now as in former time: 2:98
Iudgements of God different in time, and meanes. 2:101
K.
Kill.
Lusts must be killed: 2:13
Knowledge.
Knowledge experimentall that there is a God: 1:63
L.
Labour.
Labour, how it is sweetned: 1:151
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Lame.
Performances lame when the body is not exercised: 2:40
Law.
Law written in mens hearts proves that there is a God: Part. 1, Pag. 13
Liberty.
Gods presence gives liberty: Part. 2, Pag. 164
Life.
God onely the living God: Part. 1, Pag. 80
Life, the shortnesse of it should make us thinke of eternity: Part. 1, Pag. 167
Light.
What makes all outward things light: Part. 1, Pag. 163
Prophecies of Scripture limited to a set time: Part. 1, Pag. 50
God without limits: Part. 1, Pag. 121
Our obedience to God should not be limited: Part. 2, Pag. 142
VVhen wee limit God, wee doubt of his power: Part. 2, Pag. 195
Lips.
Our spirits must be neare God, as our lips: Part. 2, Pag. 33
Long, see Short.
Low.
VVe should not rest in things too low: Part. 1, Pag. 149
GODS power can raise from a low condition: Part. 2, Pag. 201
Love.
GODS immutability makes us love him: Part. 2, Pag. 88
Love of other things must be subordinate to the love of GOD: 2.144
To walke with GOD a signe of love: Part. 2, Pag. 163
Lusts.
Lusts defile the spirit of man: Part. 2, Pag. 6
The tenth commandement a∣gainst lust: Part. 2, Pag. 7
Lusts restrained hatefull to GOD: Part. 2, Pag. 9
Lusts mortified make us con∣stant in well-doing: Part. 2, Pag. 115
See Doing.
M.
Magnanimity.
An holy magnanimity in enjoy∣ing of GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 134
Magnanimity false: Ibid
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Mahomet.
Mahomet denied two things in Christ: Part. 1, Pag. 84
See false.
Maiesty.
Majesty of Scripture proue the truth of them: Part. 1, Pag. 56
Majesty of GOD 1, 76.77
Man.
That there is a GOD proued by the making of man: Part. 1, Pag. 6
Difference betweene the acti∣ons of man and beast: Part. 1, Pag. 17
Heathen Gods men: Part. 1, Pag. 81
Matter.
GOD without matter: Part. 2, Pag. 127
GOD can worke without mat∣ter: Part. 2, Pag. 180
Merit.
All that we can doe cannot me∣rit of GOD: Part. 1, Pag. 123
Mercie.
Mercie of GOD how it is o∣ver all his workes: Part. 2, Pag. 54
Mercie we should goe to God for it: Part. 2, Pag. 68
See Iudgement.
Minde.
To worship GOD with all the minde. Part. 2, Pag. 35
See Great.
Miracles.
Miracles proove the truth of the Scriptures: Part. 1, Pag. 48