Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 11:3
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Hebrews11:3
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen, were not made of things which do appear.
This proves the second part of Faith's Description, v. 1. That it is the evidence of things not seen, for by it only we understand the Creation which no eye saw. It is the same Divine Faith as described before, but as evidencing invisible Truths, it communicates a marvellous Light to the understanding, and leaves real impressions of it from the Word of God, whereby it arriveth unto a most certain knowledge of what is above the power of natural reason to convey, and gives a divine assent to it, such as is real, clear, sure, and fruitful, different from that of the Gentiles, Rom. 1.19, to 23.
[non-Latin text not transcribed], the word noteth sometimes Ages, Luke 16.8. the Garb and corrupt habit of Men who live in them, Ephes. 2.2. Eternity: But there as, chap. 1.2. It is a word of aggregation, signifying all kinds of Creatures, with their several places, times and periods; things Coelestial, Terrestrial, and Subterrestrial, Angels, Men, and all sorts of Creatures, together with all the states and conditions in which they were made, Heaven, Earth, and Seas, with all their Hosts of Creatures; the visible Creation and the invisible World were put into Being and Existence; placed in their proper order, disposed and fitted to their end by the mighty Word of God; Trinity in Unity the Creator; his powerful Fiat, without any pain, or trouble, or assisting Causes, instantly effected this miraculous, glorious Work; He said, and it was done, Gen. 1.3. 6, 9, 11, 14, &c. Psal. 33.6, 9.
The Visible World, and all visible in it were made all of nothing; this Reason could never digest: All was produced of that formless, void, dark Chaos which was invisible, Gen. 1.2. which void, formless, dark mass it self, was made of no prae-existent stuff, matter or atoms, but of nothing, which differenceth the operative Power of God from that of all other Agents. See Gen. 1.1. Psal. 89.11, 12. and 148.5, 6, &c. Isa. 42.5. and 45.12, 18.
Marginal references: John 1.3. 2 Pet. 3.5.
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