ThefirFt Booke o fDiuinitie, CH AP. I. And bywhom, and to whom, areall things : And whole glo. rie ought to be a thoufand-fold moredeare vnto vs then our liues, yea, then the faluation ofour foules. This therefore is the fcope and marke Herefies that thewholeDc6 rireofDiuinitie doth and dirc&ly ayme and (hoot at,and whereun- Errors, to theparts are all to bee referred , as to their latl and furthefl: endsfor albeit the feuerall Do6lrines haue their feuerall and proper vies , theLaw tohumble vs, the Gofpell to glue vs comfort in the Sauing health,that through faith is reached forth voto vs,Prcaching to beget Faith,the Sa- craments to flretigthen it,D ifcipline to re- tayne in the obedience thereof, and fo in the retl :yet the latl &vttermotl,the moil (pining and glorious end, whereunto not one,but euery part,& not the parts onely, but the whole body and frame of all ten- deth,is this,ofglorifyingGod.Which vril appeare mofl plainly, if wee examine all this Doettine point bypoint, and goe it throughout in order as it lyeth : As, i. The whole Treatife of the God- Atheifs that fay , There is noGod;whom not onely the Word of God, but all the Things crea- ted, efpecial_ ly this good- ly Frame and Work_manihip of the World, and euen their owne Confci ences fuffici. ently confute : fince they can- not hut fee andvnderf}and hereby , that there mull needs be Tome Diuine Power, beforeall, and aboue all, of whom there things were made, andby whom they aregouerned in fo wife and gracious fort, as the ApoRle teacheth, Roma. to. For bis inuifible Things, that is, his eternal PowerandGodhead, beingvnderflood bythe thingscreated, are cleerly feene by this Frame of the World, to the end that men mightbe vta- excufable. And therefore,thefe wretches that ftriue againft their Confcience, toput out focicare alight, which, will they, nill they fhitneth thus bright intheir eyes, are tobe left vnto themfelues, andGods iuft hand vpon them as utterly vnworthy to be dealt with byany further Arguments. Thewhole Doftrineof Poperie, which in all the points of theirReligion fpoyleth Godof his glorie : for, firft, InRead of thetraeblef ed God they let vp anldoll of theirowne braine,, one neither perfeftiy righteous, whichaccepteth an imperfeft fatisfaaìion;as whatfoeuer proceedeth from man(whom they will haue able to iatisfie for his owtae fins) mull of neceflïtie be;nor perfettly mercifull, ifhe donot freely for Bidefin, but receiveomepart ofrecompence at our hands, contrary to that ofEfay 43z5. jat,Ìormy fel fe,that is, freely formine owne mercy and glorie,dseaway iniquities. head
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