Noah Webster
Self-existence
SELF-EXIST'ENCE, noun [self and existence.] Inherent existence; the existence possossed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; an attribute peculiar to God.
SELF-EXIST'ENCE, noun [self and existence.] Inherent existence; the existence possossed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; an attribute peculiar to God.