Z-Rginou/aeffe ofAtheifine. be eftranged from all intereft inGod,and from all communion withGod. 423 CHAP. XXII. opening the cÁtherfine ofMan, and the haynottfnefe thereof. N carnall andnaturali mans eftrangement fromGod, inhis; being without God, we may fèe and behold a deluge of Atheifmeoverflowing and drowning the men of the world, as once the deluge of waters overflowed and drowned the Sorts of A. earth. thritis. Some are Atheifts in opinion, concluding,or at leali fuppo- LinOpinion. fing that there is noGod atall, laying in their hearts, there ie no God ; A generationof men finning a;ainff the great and t . glorious workmanfhip of Cod in the Creation of the world, wherein he that runnes may read as in lively chareaers the invi(ible things of God, the power, wifedome,andgood- neffeofGod.`%ranfgrefnv againff the providence, authority, do- 2. minion, andwifedomeof God, clearly (lining in his molt wife, and powerfull prefervation, moderation, difpenfation, and ordering ofthe whole univerfe, and all the particulars there- of, as a great Centurion his army, as a prudent Lord and Mailer his fainily.Sasbvertingr and overthrowing all Religion,and 3. divine woríhip, as if it were but a politicks devife to keep men in awe, as children with tales,and Ctories ofbug- bearer, and hob-goblins, there being no God tobe adored, no fupreame and eternall Lord and Soveraigoe to be laved, no Hell to be feared, no Heaven tobe de(ìred. Letting loofe the 4. raines toalllicentioufneffe, as if there were no Law to be-tranf- gref[ed, nopun:(hment to be inflic4ed, efrnding again.ft the honour anddignityof mans condition, equáliztnt; the very beafts with man, as if man were to perifh like the beafts, parta- king
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