The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

Besides, He had such a knowledge of the Deity, as was sufficient for his Duty and Felicity▪ His mind did not stick in the material part of things, but ascended by the several ranks of Beings, to the Universal Cause. He discovered the Glory of the Divine Essence and Attributes by their wonderful effects.

Besides, He had such a knowledg of the Deity, as was sufficient for his Duty and Felicity▪ His mind did not stick in the material part of things, but ascended by the several ranks of Beings, to the Universal Cause. He discover'd the Glory of the Divine Essence and Attributes by their wonderful effects.

1. Almighty Power. When he first opened his eyes, the stupendous Fabric of Heaven and Earth presented itself to his view, and in it the most express and clear characters of that Glorious Power, which produced it. For what could overcome the Infinite distance, between not being, and being, but Infinite Power? As there is no proportion between not being, and being, so the cause which unites those terms, must be without limits. Now the Divine Word alone, (which calls the things that are not, as if they were) caused the World to rise from the Abyss of empty nothing. At Gods Command the Heavens, ¹²and all their Host were created. And this led him to consider the Immensity of the Divine Essence; For Infinite Power is incompatible with a finite Essence, and by the consideration of the Immensity, he might ascend to the Eternity of God. To be Eternal, without beginning, and Infinite without bounds, infer, one another, and necessarily exist in the same subject. For 'tis impossible, that any thing which is formed by another, and hath a beginning, should not be limited in its Nature by the cause that produced it. Therefore the Apostle declares, that the Eternal Power of God is set forth in the Creation of the World,³