Thomas Cartwright on God’s knowledge as a simple act

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Q. What is the Knowledge of God?

A. It is an Attribute of God, whereby is noted, that he perfectly knoweth himself; and of, and by himself, all things which are, and which are not.

Q. In what manner doth God know all things?

A. Not successively, or by discourse, collecting one thing from another, but in one simple and eternal act, knowing and comprehending all things; and therefore neither foreknowledge, nor remembrance are properly in God, all things both past and to come, being present before him.

Q. What learn you from hence?

A. That he is infinite in wisdom and understanding; and therefore whatsoever he doth, must needs be done most wisely, and no vain act can proceed from him. ...

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