CHAP. 2. That the heauen we see is but earth, in respect of the hea∣uen of heauens, which wee see not.
1. VNto thy Highnesse, the lowlynesse of my tongue now confesseth: be∣cause thou hast made heauen
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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and earth; this heauen (I meane) which I see, and this earth that I treade vpon: whence is this earth that I beare about me? Thou madest it. But where is that Heauen of Heauens made for the Lord, which wee heare of in the words of the Psalmist? The heauen, euen the heauens are the Lords; but the earth * 1.1 hath he giuen to the children of men. Where is that Hea∣uen which we see not? that in comparison whereof, all this heauen which wee see, is but meere earth. For this heauen is wholy corporeall. For all this which is wholy corpo∣reall, is not euery where beautifull alike in these low∣er parts; the bottome wher∣of is this earth of ours: but in comparison of that Heauen of heauens, euen the heauen to this our earth, is but earth: yea both these great bodies,
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Psa. 115 16