An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches

§. 3. It is a truth unquestionable, that without some knowledge of God there can be no true Religion, no Love to God, no Trust, no Hope, no Obedience, no true Worship of him, Prayer or Praise.

§. 4. And it is as certain that no man can have an adequate knowledge of God; that is adequate which comprehendeth the whole Object, knowing it perfectly, and leaving nothing of it unknown. And with such an adequate Knowledge we know nothing, not a pile of Grass, nor a Worm or a Hair: Much less God: With such a proper Knowledge nihil scitur is true, and yet aliquid rerum is known of all.

§. 5. Yea, it is certain, that of God, who is incomprehensible, we have here no partial Conception that reacheth so high as to be strictly FORMAL, but only such as are called analogical, equivocal, metaphorical, or by similitude. Neither Substantia, Vita, Perfectio, Potentia, Actus, Intellectus, Voluntas, Love, Truth, Goodness, Mercy, &c. are formally and univocally the same in God and in the Creature: Scotus excepteth only ENS. Which is true, as ENS is only a Logical term, signifying no more than EST or Quoddity, and not QUID est, or Quiddity.

§. 5. Yea, it is certain, that of God, who is incomprehensible, we have here no partial Conception that reacheth so high as to be strictly FORMAL, but only such as are called analogical, aequivocal, metaphorical, or by similitude. Neither Substantia, Vita, Perfectio, Potentia, Actus, Intellectus, Voluntas, Love, Truth, Goodness, Mercy, &c. are formally and univocally the same in God and in the Creature: Scotus excepteth only ENS. Which is true, as ENS is only a Logical term, signifying no more than EST or Quoddity, and not QUID est, or Quiddity.