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Show Of the adutm"f .flA.of ltarn~ng . . h" h knowledge .may.bce~ruely tear~ed Diuine, ~ tc ed: of the ohiect .; .aod N aturalhn refpect of · 1~ re.J; h't The boundes of this knowledge are, , !h~t i~~uffia~ toa>nuince ;Atheifme ; but not to informe Religion : ;· And therefore there was neuer Miracle. 'vl·ought by . God t~ conuert an Atheift bycauCe the!ight ofNatur.e mlght hau~bledde bii'Q~~ ·co.nfe[e 3~ Goa: But Miracles baue. ~ene \ h Uer.t Idolaters and the fupcrfhuous, wroug ttocon ' d ·1 h .. beca:ufe no li~ht of Nature ext~ndeth ~o ec are t e willaAdttue~orfuip of God .. For as all works do , thew e. forCh ~he po,ver and iktfl of the worke~an, -. andnot"his Image : So~ it is of tlie works·<?f God; ' · .. ". wnichdoe fh·ewthe om.nipotencieandwtfedome ·. of the Maker' but not ~~~~ Im~ge: And therefor~ .. therein he Heathen opmwn dttfereth from the Sa~ cred truth : For they ftippofed the world to bee the · lmage.ofGod, &Man tolieaaextra~orcompen· . diouslmageof tae world: But the Scrtptures neue{ vouch-fafe to attribute to the world that honour as · to bee the Image. of God:: But onely Thewor;ke . 1/huhantis ·, Neitherdotheyfpeake ofanyother Image of God,btit Man: wherfore ~y the con rem· _ plati"n·of Nature , to induce and 1nforce the a~~· . knowledgement of God, and to d~monllrateh1s power, prouidence ~and good~e[e, 1s an excellent argument, and hat~ been~excellentl}' handled b: . diucrfe. But on ttie other fide, out o£~he contem PlationofNature·, or around o£humane knowe ... · . · · . · · · tedg~, fl'he.ft r,nd boo . ~ 3 es ta i uce any veririe, or perfwafton concerlbe poin~of Faith, · in my iudg ment, no~ ·'*. ~~~ fttlei, 'f~4fidei fot~t. Eot the Heathen them· ~ es conclude as mucjl in that excellent and Di ·Uinefable of the Golden Chayae : That men111tl (Jit/s.were nfJt t~!Jie to drawlupiter dtJW11 tfJ the E4rth,lmt ubl~t4riwi{t,lllfJJttr.WM able t() ar-AJP them vp tl H e411t11. . So IS'wc:e~ght nor to attempt to dra\ve downc or tdbmitte the Mylteries of Go n to our Reafon: but . .contrarywife ; to raife and aduance our Reafon to the Dioine ]:ruthe. So as in this parte of k ow .. Jedgo , to(lching Diuine Philofopllie : I am fo · &rrefroninotingany delicieil~e , as I rather note. an excctre ·: whcrevnto I haue.digreff~d, becaufe 8f the ~xtream.e preiudic~ ? which both Religion ~dof~phte ~ath re~tued, and mayreceioe. ·. ee1ng commtxed togtther ; as that which vn 4o tc~Jy ~ill make an Hereticall Religion ; and ....... a.agtnarae a~d f~b~lous Philofophie. . . . . ~he~w1~e t.t. ts· of.rhe Nature of Angells ~ d . Sp~ts, wh1cli 15· an Appendi,x of Theologie ~ D1~me a~d Na~urall; and is neither infcru~ nerinter<hCled·: For al~hough the Scripture · .-...., .,'?.. Ltttl "' "'."• Jece,•e 1'*' in S•!Jlime difolurfo l'!n wwjbtp of. -411gtlls_, pnfii11g i11to.th11t hte· 'h. not' &c. Yet notwrthlbnding'if you ob. ~--won that prcceet ' it may appeare thereby' . ere bee two dt1ngs· o ely forbidden , Ado· F. f 3 ratioa· |