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Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with…
Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompenses of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectic evil of the times / by William Bates ...Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompences of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectick evil of the times / by William Bates ...
London: printed by J.D. for Brabazon Aylmer, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But the wise Creator united these two distinct natures in Man, and placed him in this Theatre of his Magnificence, that by the ministry of the senses he might have perception of the external part, and by his reason discover what is most worthy to be known; the admirable order that distinguishes and unites so many and such different natures, and guides all their motions, that 'tis clear they depend upon ⟨p. 110⟩one principle without knowing it, and conspire to one end without willing it. How should this raise his mind in the just praises of the Maker?
But the wise Creator united these two distinct natures in Man, and plac'd him in this Theater of his Magnificence, that by the ministry of the senses he might have perception of the external part, and by his reason discover what is most worthy to be known; the admirable order that distinguishes and unites so many and such different natures, and guides all their motions, that 'tis clear they depend upon ⟨p. 110⟩one principle without knowing it, and conspire to one end without willing it. How should this raise his mind in the just praises of the Maker?
The true causes why the Creator is not duly acknowledged and honoured for his Works, are either Ignorance, or a guilty neglect and inobservance of them.
The true causes why the Creator is not duly acknowledged and honour'd for his Works, are either Ignorance, or a guilty neglect and inobservance of them.
1. Ignorance in the composure of the World, and of the several beings in it. A Philosopher asked by one, What advantage the instructions of Philosophy would be to his Son? replied, If no other, yet that when he is a spectator in the Theatre, one Stone shall not sit upon another. An ignorant person encompassed with all the varieties of Nature, wherein omniscient skill appears, is insensible as a Stone carved into the shape of