CHAP. 13. The nature of the Heauen of heauens described.
1. THis, O my God, is my priuate iudgement in
Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete
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- Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete
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the meane time, whenas I heare thy Scripture saying, In the beginning God made Heauen and Earth: and the Earth was without shape and voyd, and darkenes was vpon the deepe: and not once men∣tioning what day thou crea∣tedst them. This I in the mean time iudge to bee spoken, be∣cause of the Heauen of hea∣uens, that intellectuall Hea∣uen; where to vnderstand, is to know all at once; not in part, not darkly, not through * 1.1 a glasse; but in whole, clearely and face to face: not this thing now, and that thing anon; but (as I sayd) know all at once, without all succession of times: and I iudge it spoken also, because of that inuisible and voyd Earth, exempted in like manner from all inter∣changeablenesse of times, which vses to haue this thing now, and anon that: the rea∣son
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is, that where there is not any figure, there can bee no variety of this or that. Be∣cause of these two, that One first formed, vtterly vnper∣fected Heauen, meaning the Heauen of heauens, and this other earth, meaning the in∣uisible and shapelesse earth: because of these two, as I iudge in the meane time, did thy Scripture speake with∣out mention of any dayes, In the beginning God created Heauen and Earth: a 1.2 seeing presently hee added what earth hee spake of; and be∣cause also the Firmament be∣ing recorded to bee created the second day, and called Heauen; giues vs to note, of which Heauen hee before spake, without mention of any dayes.
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1 Cor. 13 12
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a 1.2
He con∣firmes his Iudgement by two ar∣guments.