The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed

And to believe that God is a perfect incomprehensible, superin-tellectual Being, then to believe, that the senseless Earth is a god? Is it not more •easonable to conclude, That this one Perfect Eternal God made all things, then that every Stone did make it self? or, That the Sun or Moon, or any Creature made it self, and the rest? If you believe, That all things are the Works of God, then you see that with your eyes that may shame your foolish dark-incredulity. Do you see a greater Work, and think it unlikely, that the same power should do a lesser? Do you see so much of the World that was m•d• by a word, and do you ask, [How can these things be?] when you read of any miracle or unusual work? If it were your self, or such as you, that had been the doer of such works, you might well say, [How can these things be?] But God is not as man in his Works, or Word.

And to believe that God is a perfect incomprehensible, superin-tellectual Being, then to believe, that the s•nseless Earth is a god? Is it not more •easonable to conclude, That this one Perfect Eternal God made all things, then that every Stone did make it self? or, That the Sun or Moon, or any Creature made it self, and the rest? If you believe, That all things are the Works of God, then you see that with your eyes that may shame your foolish dark-incre•ulity. Do you see a greater Work, and think it unlikely, that the same power should do a lesser? Do you see so much of the World that was m•d• by a word, and do you ask, [How can these things be?] when you read of any miracle or unusual work? If it were your self, or such as you, that had been the doer of such works, you might well say, [How can these things be?] But God is not as man in his Works, or Word.

6. Yea, many times when men do but hear, read, or think of some Objection against the Truth of Gods revelations, which they cannot tell how to answer themselves, they presently begin to stagger at the whole Truth, and question it on every such slight occasion. If any new difficulty arise in their way, they are in the case of Nicodemus, saying, [How can these things be?] Though they have heard never so many Arguments to confirm them, and have been long receiving them, and seen an evidence of Truth in them, yet every new cavil or hard Objection doth seem to enervate all this evidence.