The divine life in three treatises

In the Being of the Creation and every particular Creature, his Infinite Being is revealed; so wretched a Fool is the Atheist, that by denying God, he denieth all things! Could he prove that there is no God, I would quickly prove that there is no world, no man, no creature: If he know that he is himself, or that the world or any Creature is, he may know that God is: For God is the Original Being; And all Being that is not Eternal, must have some Original: And that which hath no Original is God, being Eternal, Infinite, and without cause.

In the Being of the Creation and every particular Creature, his Infinite Being is revealed; so wretched a Fool is the Atheist, that by denying God, he denyeth all things! Could he prove that there is no God, I would quickly prove that there is no world, no man, no creature: If he know that he is himself, or that the world or any Creature is, he may know that God is: For God is the Original Being; And all Being that is not Eternal, must have some Original: And that which hath no Original is God, being Eternal, Infinite, and without cause.

The Power of God is revealed in the Being and Powers of the Creation. His Wisdom is revealed in their Nature, Order, Offices, Effects, &c. His Goodness is revealed in the Creatures Goodness, its beauty, usefulness and accomplishments. But though all his Image thus appear upon the Creation, yet is it his Omnipotency that principally there appears. The beholding and consideration of the wonderful greatness, activity and excellency of the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the fire, and other creatures, doth first and chiefly possess us with apprehensions of the Infinite Greatness or Power of the Creator.

In the Holy Word or Laws of God, which is the second glass or seal (more clear and legible to us than the former) there appeareth also all his Image; His power in the narratives, predictions, &c. His Wisdom in the prophesies, precepts, and in all: His Goodness in the promises, and institutions in a special manner. But yet it is his second property, his Wisdom, that most eminently appeareth on this second seal, and is seen in the glass of the holy Law. The discovery of such mysteries; the revelation of so many Truths; the suitableness of all the instituted means; and the admirable fitness of all the holy contrivances of God, and all his precepts, promises and threatenings, for the Government of Mankind, and carrying him on for the attainment of his end, in a way agreeable to his nature,