The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed

Many cannot reconcile the sufficiency of Christs satisfaction, with the necessity of mans endeavours, and inherent righteousness; and therefore one must be straitened or denied. Many cannot reconcile common love and grace, with that which ⟨p. 23⟩is special and proper to the Elect; and therefore some deny one, and some another. The like might be said of many other cases, wherein the Arrogancy of mans wit hath cast out Gods truth: If both parts be never so express, yet they are upon this unbelieving questioning strain, [How can these things be?] How can these agree together? How can both be true? when yet its evident, that God hath owned both.

Many cannot reconci•e the sufficiency of Christs satisfaction, with the necessity of mans endeavors, and inherent righteousness; and therefore one must be straitned or denied. Many cannot reconcile common love and grace, with that which ⟨p. 23⟩is special and proper to the Elect; and therefore some deny one, and some another. The like might be said of many other cases, wherein the Arrogancy of mans wit hath cast out Gods truth: If both parts be never so express, yet they are upon this unbelieving questioning strain, [How can these things be?] How can these agree together? How can both be true? when yet its evident, that God hath owned both.

It is certain, that the Truths of Gods Word are one perfect well jointed Body; and the perfect symmetry or proportion, is much of its beauty: It is certain, that Method is an excellent help in knowing Divine things: and that no man can know Gods truths perfectly, till he see them all as in one Scheme or Body, with one view, as it were, and so sees the Location of each Truth, and the respect that it hath to all the rest; not only to see that there is no contradiction, but how every Truth doth fortify the rest. All this therefore is exceeding desirable, but it is not every mans lot to attain it, nor any mans in this world perfectly, or near to a perfection: It is true, that the sight of all Gods frame of the Creation, uno intuitu, in all its parts, with all their respects to each other, would acquaint us with abundance more of the glory of it, then by looking on the Members peace-meal we can attain: But who can see them thus, but God? at least, what mortal eye can do it? And we shall never in this life attain to see the full Body of Divine Revealed-Truths, in that method and due proportion, as is necessary to the knowledge of its ful beauty.