An exposition on the Lord's prayer with a catechistical explication thereof, by way of…

Secondly, More expressly and distinctly by his Word, for the Scriptures are Nomenclatura Dei. By these we come to a more clear and evident Knowledge of these Attributes of God, which the Works of Nature held forth to us in a more obscure and confused manner. And by this likewise we attain to the Knowledge of those perfections of God which the Works of Creation and Providence could never have instructed us in; as of a Trinity in Unity, of the Eternal Generation, and Temporal Incarnation of the Son of ⟨p. 30⟩God, of the whole Mystery of Religion, and the tenure of the Covenant of Grace, which are things that could never have been known but by Divine Revelation.

Secondly, More expresly and distinctly by his Word, for the Scriptures are Nomenclatura Dei. By these we come to a more clear and evident Knowledge of these Attributes of God, which the Works of Nature held forth to us in a more obscure and confused manner. And by this likewise we attain to the Knowledge of those perfections of God which the Works of Creation and Providence could never have instructed us in; as of a Trinity in Ʋnity, of the Eternal Generation, and Temporal Incarnation of the Son of ⟨p. 30⟩God, of the whole Mystery of Religion, and the tenure of the Covenant of Grace, which are things that could never have been known but by Divine Revelation.

Indeed we may from the Works of God alone gather Knowledge enough of him to make us inexcusable if we Worship him not as God, for so did the Heathens as the Apostle speaks, in the forecited place, Rom. 1.20. but it is only from the Word that we know so much of God as to make us Eternally Blessed and Happy. Here he hath displayed his Name, the Lord God, Gracious and Merciful, pardoning Iniquity, Transgression, and Sin. Here alone hath he made known himself to be our Father in Jesus Christ, and appointed the Spiritual Worship of himself, that might prepare us for the Eternal Enjoyment of him in Glory.