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A04194 A treatise of the divine essence and attributes. By Thomas Iackson Doctor in Divinitie, chaplaine to his Majestie in ordinary, and vicar of S. Nicolas Church in the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne. The first part; Commentaries upon the Apostles Creed. Book 6 Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640. 1629 (1629) STC 14318; ESTC S107492 378,415 670

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not_o forward_o the_o best_a use_n or_o signification_n of_o this_o fearful_a disaster_n be_v to_o advertise_v the_o present_a generation_n and_o their_o successor_n that_o the_o execrable_a and_o sacrilegious_a murder_n commit_v by_o boleslaus_n father_n to_o strachyquaz_n be_v not_o expiate_v as_o yet_o but_o to_o be_v vis●●●d_v upon_o more_o generation_n without_o hearty_a repentance_n and_o confession_n of_o this_o wicked_a usurper_n and_o his_o complice_n sin_n wherewith_o the_o land_n of_o boheme_n have_v be_v pollute_v the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n be_v slay_v for_o their_o father_n offence_n against_o the_o infant_n male_n of_o the_o hebrew_n and_o strachyquaz_n die_v this_o fearful_a death_n by_o the_o visitation_n of_o his_o father_n sin_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o may_v perhaps_o have_v live_v much_o long_a and_o have_v die_v in_o peace_n have_v he_o live_v according_a to_o that_o rule_n who_o profession_n he_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o that_o be_v
reperisset_fw-la siquidem_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la ille_fw-la demonstravit_fw-la ita_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la infinitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la potuisse_fw-la si_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la tempus_fw-la quantum_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la &_o locus_fw-la si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la omne_fw-la quanta_fw-la finita_fw-la tempus_fw-la quoque_fw-la totum_fw-la finitum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la quare_fw-la fact_n we_o est_fw-la aliquando_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la vallesusde_v sacra_fw-la philosoph_n pag._n 18._o 18._o aristor_n nono_fw-la mataphysicorum_fw-la cap._n 8._o manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la actus_fw-la prio_fw-la potentia_fw-la est_fw-la dico_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la illa_fw-la potentia_fw-la determinata_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la principium_fw-la transmutatorium_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la prout_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la prorsus_fw-la omni_fw-la motivo_fw-la et_fw-la statorio_n principio_fw-la et_fw-la 12_o metaphys_n cap._n 7_o quare_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o aevum_fw-la continuum_fw-la &_o aeternum_fw-la deo_fw-la inest_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la vero_fw-la ut_fw-la pythagorici_n et_fw-fr speusippus_n putant_fw-la optimum_fw-la &_o pulcherrimum_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la plantarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la ac_fw-la animali_fw-la un_fw-fr principia_fw-la causae_fw-la quidem_fw-la sunt_fw-la bonum_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o perfectum_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la recte_fw-la putant_fw-la sperma_fw-la namque_fw-la ex_fw-la alijs_fw-la prioribus_fw-la perfectis_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la sperma_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la perfectum_fw-la est_fw-la veluti_fw-la hominem_fw-la dicere_fw-la quispiam_fw-la possit_fw-la priorem_fw-la spermate_v esse_fw-la non_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la generatur_fw-la sed_fw-la alium_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sperma_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la itaque_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la aeterna_fw-la immobilisque_n substantia_fw-la &_o à_fw-la sensibilibus_fw-la separata_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la dictis_fw-la dictis_fw-la divus_o augustinus_n censet_fw-la omne_fw-la esse_fw-la creata_fw-la simul_fw-la eodem_fw-la momento_n seu_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la nunc_fw-la illam_fw-la vero_fw-la partitionem_fw-la dierum_fw-la non_fw-la significare_fw-la part_n temporis_fw-la sed_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la &_o gradus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la naturae_fw-la verum_fw-la atque_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la hominem_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la non_fw-la actu_fw-la praeexistente_fw-la sed_fw-la existente_fw-la potentia_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la velut_fw-la quivis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la nostrum_fw-la veer_fw-la factus_fw-la ex_fw-la quatuor_fw-la elementis_fw-la tametsi_fw-la nulla_fw-la terra_fw-la aut_fw-la aqua_fw-la erat_fw-la actu_fw-la id_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la seman_n &_o sanguis_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la unico_fw-la intuitu_fw-la tota_fw-la facies_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la omnes_fw-la part_n inspeculo_fw-la exprimuntur_fw-la ita_fw-la unica_fw-la jussione_n dei_fw-la constitisse_fw-la totam_fw-la hanc_fw-la corpoream_fw-la molem_fw-la &_o in_o ea_fw-la refulsisse_fw-la illum_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la fulgorem_fw-la quem_fw-la vocamus_fw-la naturam_fw-la caeterum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la sancti_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la alia_fw-la responsione_n est_fw-la opus_fw-la vallefius_n de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la philos_n cap._n 1._o pag._n 22._o neque_fw-la vero_fw-la hoc_fw-la ullam_fw-la arguit_fw-la primae_fw-la causae_fw-la debilitatem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la eam_fw-la causam_fw-la naturalem_fw-la ponimus_fw-la q●aeque_fw-la faciat_fw-la semper_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la sed_fw-la liberam_fw-la &_o sapientissimam_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la maxim_n expedit_fw-la atque_fw-la omne_fw-la pulcherrin●a_fw-la &_o concinna_fw-la in_o nnmero_n pondere_fw-la &_o ●●c●sura_fw-la quapropter_fw-la verba_fw-la illa_fw-la capitis_fw-la 18._o ecclesiastici_fw-la qui_fw-la vivit_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la creavit_fw-la omne_fw-la simul_fw-la ego_fw-la ita_fw-la interpreter_n creata_fw-la esse_fw-la omne_fw-la intra_fw-la illam_fw-la hebdomadam_fw-la perfectumque_fw-la esse_fw-la mundum_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la ejus_fw-la pars_fw-la princeps_fw-la quaeque_fw-la a_o creatione_fw-la habitura_fw-la esset_fw-la initium_fw-la deesset_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la initio_fw-la capitis_fw-la secundi_fw-la dicitur_fw-la perfecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeli_fw-la &_o terra_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la ornatus_fw-la eorum_fw-la complevitque_fw-la deus_fw-la dic_fw-la sexta_fw-la opus_fw-la suum_fw-la valles_n cap_n 1._o pag._n 45._o 45._o si_fw-mi facta_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la viz._n corpora_fw-la coelestia_fw-la fit_n ut_fw-la sint_fw-la per_fw-la seize_v ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la et_fw-la esse_fw-la proprio_fw-la existentia_fw-la quapropter_fw-la nullum_fw-la illorum_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la pend●at_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la posterius_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la sese_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o operentur_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterna_fw-la cum_fw-la operatio_fw-la procedat_fw-la à_fw-la cujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o proprio_fw-la esse_fw-la quare_fw-la nulla_fw-la illis_fw-la prio_fw-la causa_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la haec_fw-la effecta_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la ulla_fw-la eorum_fw-la causa_fw-la quapropter_fw-la mundus_fw-la hic_fw-la universas_fw-la neque_fw-la unus_fw-la erit_fw-la neque_fw-la totus_fw-la neque_fw-la perfectus_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la pendcat_n totus_fw-la ab_fw-la unica_fw-la virtute_fw-la &_o causa_fw-la neque_fw-la causae_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la omnium_fw-la primam_fw-la referantur_fw-la sed_fw-la sint_fw-la multae_fw-la mundi_fw-la part_n à_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la procedatur_fw-la ad_fw-la ullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la superiorem_fw-la &_o priorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la vera_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la no_o ant_n illae_fw-la part_n habent_fw-la aliquam_fw-la naturam_fw-la sive_fw-la essentiam_fw-la communem_fw-la aut_fw-la omnino_fw-la habent_fw-la nihil_fw-la common_a exit_fw-la adeo_fw-la diversis_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la commune_v dicatur_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la potest_fw-la constari_fw-la unum_fw-la nam_fw-la neque_fw-la ordo_fw-la esse_fw-la ●otest_fw-la inter_fw-la omnino_fw-la diversa_fw-la ordo_fw-la enim_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la common_a est_fw-la dicimus_fw-la enim_fw-la inter_fw-la petrum_fw-la &_o franciscum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la quendam_fw-la esse_fw-la si_fw-mi concedis_fw-la part_n illas_fw-la mun●i_fw-la habere_fw-la aliqu●●_fw-la essentiam_fw-la communem_fw-la constat_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la cadem_fw-la habere_fw-la as_o aliquid_fw-la commune_v &_o aliquid_fw-la diversum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la common_a unum_fw-la quae_fw-la diversa_fw-la multa_fw-la illud_fw-la ergo_fw-la common_a prius_fw-la erit_fw-la illis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diversis_fw-la si_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la co_fw-la constant_a haec_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d part_n svo_fw-la quaeque_fw-la ordine_fw-la primae_fw-la causae_fw-la sed_fw-la pend●bant_fw-la illae_fw-la omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d causa_fw-la à_fw-la qua_fw-la daeta_fw-la erat_fw-la eye_n communis_fw-la illa_fw-la essentia_fw-la vallesius_n de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la philosophia_fw-la pag._n 16._o see_v chapter_n 3_o §_o 3._o 3._o vide_fw-la zabarel_n de_fw-fr lumine_fw-la lumine_fw-la vide_fw-la anton_n scarmilion_n de_fw-fr coloribus_fw-la coloribus_fw-la see_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n &_o attribute_n chap._n 21._o pag._n 229_o 230._o etc._n etc._n etc._n who_o feed_v thou_o in_o the_o wilderness_n with_o manna_n which_o thy_o father_n 〈◊〉_d not_o that_o he_o may_v humble_v thou_o and_o that_o he_o may_v prove_v thou_o to_o do_v thou_o good_a at_o thy_o latter_a end_n lest_o thou_o say_v in_o thy_o heart_n my_o power_n and_o the_o might_n of_o my_o hand_n have_v 〈…〉_z be_v wealth_n but_o thou_o shall_v remember_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n for_o it_o be_v he_o 〈…〉_z power_n to_o get_v wealth_n that_o he_o may_v establish_v his_o covenant_n which_o he_o 〈…〉_z as_o it_o be_v this_o day_n deut._fw-la 8._o vers_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o 18._o vide_fw-la salvi●num_fw-la lib._n 7._o num_fw-la 227._o 227._o 1_o tim._n 5_o 8_o in_o what_o good_a sense_n all_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v necessary_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n decree_n see_v chap._n 22._o parag_n 2._o 2._o in_o dialogistam_n dialogistam_n quam_fw-la long_o quaeso_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la jubente_fw-la ●ermittens_n qui_fw-la en●m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nos_fw-la ista_fw-la ●mala_fw-mi perferre_v et_fw-la prohibere_fw-la potest_fw-la ne_fw-la perferamus_fw-la probat_fw-la absque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●ebe●●●●ferre_fw-la &_o quaecunq●_n pati●●ur_n sustin●●e_v salvi●n_n lib._n 8._o in_o initio_fw-la pa._n 260._o 260._o vid._n suffrag_v britannorum_fw-la in_o council_n dordr_n thesi_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la antecedaneis_fw-la ad_fw-la conversionem_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la d._n wardum_fw-la concione_n de_fw-fr gratia_n discriminante_fw-la pag._n 5_o 6_o 7._o editionis_fw-la 2._o gen._n 18._o 15_o gen._n 4_o 6_o 7_o 8._o objection_n answer_n answer_n et_fw-la veer_fw-la clamour_n &_o grandis_fw-la clamour_n est_fw-la quando_fw-la pietas_fw-la dei_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la clamoribus_fw-la vincitur_fw-la ut_fw-la peccantes_fw-la punire_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ergo_fw-la dominꝰ_n quam_fw-la invitus_fw-la puniat_fw-la etiam_fw-la gravissimos_fw-la peccatores_fw-la dicens_fw-la quod_fw-la clamour_n sedomorum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la ascenderit_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la miseritordia_fw-la quidem_fw-la mea_fw-la mihi_fw-la suadet_fw-la ut_fw-la parcam_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la clamour_n cogit_fw-la ut_fw-la puniam_fw-la salvianus_n lib._n 1._o 1._o virgil._n 4._o aeneid_n vid._n rodiginum_n lib._n 21._o cap._n 4_o pag._n 972._o 972._o see_v cha._n 23._o §._o 2._o 2._o that_o death_n itself_o be_v fatal_a pythagoras_n suppose_v in_o those_o verse_n jura_n colas_fw-la non_fw-la ore_fw-la tenus_fw-la sed_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la nec_fw-la pravis_fw-la mentem_fw-la suescas_fw-la