[Sidenote: Temporal
existence
proceeds from the past to the
present, and thence to the future.
Chaucer - Boethius
at god is eterne. lat vs
considere ?a{n} what is et{er}nite. For certys ?at shal 4984
shewen vs to-gidre ?e deuyne nature {and} ?e deuyne
science
[Sidenote: And eternity is a full, total, and perfect possession
of a life which shall never end. This will appear more clearly
from a comparison with temporal things.]
? Eternite ?an is p{er}fit possessiou{n} {and} al
togidre of lijf interminable {and} ?at shewe? more clerely
by ?e co{m}parisou{n} or collac{i}ou{n} of temp{or}el ?inges.
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[Sidenote: Temporal
existence
proceeds from the past to the
present, and thence to the future.
]
for al ?ing ?at lyue? in tyme it is p{re}sent {and} p{ro}cedi? fro
preterit? in to fut{ur}es. ?at is to sein. fro tyme passed
in to tyme comynge.
[Sidenote: And there is nothing under the law of time, which can
at once comprehend the whole space of its existence.]
ne ?er nis no ?ing establissed i{n}
tyme ?at may enbracen to-gidre al ?e space of hys lijf.