Preston - BT100 P8 1634

.- Thae Gon iJ• . . our felves, (for many things inus belong~oo– ther Arts and Sciences) but as we fiand in refe– rence io Gqd;-.(o that thefe are the tw~parts of ir, theknowledge.ofGod,in reference t<ius; and of our felves, in reference to him. . La.ll ofall, it is difringui(hedby the end, to 3 which it tends, which it aimes at, whidJ. is to ieach us theway to eternal/life: And therein it dif- ~ fersfrom all otherSciences whatfocver;for they onely helpe fome defeets ofunderfiandinghere in this prefent life : for wh€re.ther~ is forne fai– ling or.defe6t, which. cornmos reafon clothnot . help, th~re,-arts areinvented tofupplyand re&i'– fie thofe defcch;but this doth{omewhat more, itJeads us theway to eternall Iife:and as !t bath ... in it apriqc!ple above all others, fo it bath ~In higher endJ!1all~thers;as the wei-head is highet, fo ' the frream(f~1 afcend higher than others. And fo much for this defcription, what this {ummeofthe Dodrine ofTheologie is. The parts ofit aretwo: , 1 Concerning f]od. · .Pares ofThco2 Concerningourfelves. logi11. Now concerning God>2 things are tobeknown: I That he is ; (_both thefe are fet downe in· 1 Concerning 2 What he i$ ;) , the Text. . 1 God. · 1 That God is, wee 1baii finde that there are :. Things.' twowaies to proveit, or to make it good tous : B I 11 h f ll r. I That God.is,; I y t 1e n:iengt o natura rea1on. ~By faith. Thatwe£loenotdeiiverthiswithoutP"r6tind 1- WhatGodis, · look in th~ firfi·ofthe Romam, v. :o.F~r~he invi~ 1{.om.r~~o. B 2 .fible

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