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Title:  The remaining discourses, on the attributes of God Viz. his Goodness. His mercy. His patience. His long-suffering. His power. His spirituality. His immensity. His eternity. His incomprehensibleness. God the first cause, and last end. By the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. Being the seventh volume; published from the originals, by Ralph Barker, D.D. chaplain to his Grace.
Author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.
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and therefore with regard to Eternity, it is all one whether it be a thousand Years or one Day. The Psalmist hath an Expression much to the same pur∣pose, Psal. 90.4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past; and as a watch in the night. And the Son of Sirach likewise, Ecclus. 18.10. As a drop of water to the sea, and as a grain of sand to the sea shore, so are a thousand years to the days of eternity. The like Expression we meet with in Heathen Writers; To the Gods no time is long, saith Pythagoras: And Plutarch, The whole space of a Man's life to the Gods is as nothing. And in his excellent Discourse of the slowness of the Divine Vengeance, (the very Argument St. Peter is here upon) he hath this Pas∣sage, That a thousand, or ten thousand years, are but as an indivisible point to an infinite duration. And therefore when the Judgment is to be eternal, the delay of it, though it were for a thousand Years, is an Objection of no force, against either the certainty, or the terror of it; for to Eternity, all time is equally short; and it matters not when the punishment of Sinners be∣gins, if it shall never have an end.0