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A20943 A treatise of the knovvledge of God, as excellently as compendiously handled by the famous and learned divine, Peter Du Moulin, late minister of the Reformed Church in Paris, and professor of theologie in the Vniversitie of Sedan. Faithfully translated out of the originall by Robert Codrington, Master of Arts; De cognitione Dei. English Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. 1634 (1634) STC 7321; ESTC S118646 41,950 94

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god_n our_o leader_n and_o to_o make_v his_o word_n our_o rule_n sect._n 74._o because_o that_o man_n do_v fall_v by_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v fit_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v raise_v from_o his_o fall_n by_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o contrary_a evil_n shall_v be_v cure_v by_o contrary_a remedy_n sect._n 79._o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o man_n be_v first_o creaet_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n endue_v with_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n revolt_v from_o god_n by_o his_o own_o consent_n and_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o devil_n whereupon_o sin_n come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o by_o sin_n death_n and_o malediction_n notwithstanding_o the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o deform_v in_o man_n that_o there_o remain_v not_o certain_a trace_n of_o it_o to_o wit_n a_o certain_a apprehension_n of_o divinity_n and_o some_o grain_n of_o honesty_n and_o civil_a justice_n sect._n 95._o though_o god_n inhabit_v 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one_o and_o the_o same_o point_n of_o time_n whithersoever_o he_o cast_v his_o eye_n all_o object_n round_o about_o he_o present_v themselves_o unto_o he_o with_o a_o equal_a view_n so_o see_v that_o one_o thing_n can_v be_v more_o present_a to_o god_n than_o another_o there_o be_v no_o need_n that_o he_o shall_v turn_v about_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o understanding_n or_o behold_v thing_n in_o a_o succession_n of_o order_n or_o shall_v bring_v a_o new_a intention_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o attain_v new_a knowledge_n for_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v or_o can_v be_v new_a unto_o he_o so_o the_o memory_n of_o thing_n past_a and_o foresight_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v the_o virtue_n and_o perfection_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v in_o time_n and_o who_o action_n and_o duration_n be_v measure_v by_o time_n which_o virtue_n god_n have_v endow_v he_o with_o that_o he_o may_v preserve_v the_o instruction_n receive_v and_o eschew_v thing_n hurtful_a these_o perfection_n see_v they_o be_v the_o remedy_n of_o imperfection_n and_o the_o aid_n of_o our_o infirmity_n can_v be_v attribute_v to_o god_n but_o unproper_o and_o what_o in_o this_o subject_a we_o attribute_v to_o god_n which_o belong_v to_o man_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v in_o a_o sense_n most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n for_o neither_o the_o memory_n of_o thing_n past_a nor_o the_o conjecture_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o god_n because_o all_o thing_n be_v present_a to_o he_o the_o maker_n of_o time_n be_v before_o time_n and_o above_o it_o neither_o be_v his_o duration_n measure_v by_o it_o for_o as_o the_o infiniteness_n of_o god_n do_v not_o only_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o he_o be_v not_o