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The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the…
The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the scripture to be the word of God with the causes and nature of that faith wherewith we do so : wherein the grounds whereon the Holy Scripture is believed to be the word of God with faith divine and supernatural, are declared and vindicated / by John Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1677
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. He makes himself known unto us by the innate Principles of our Nature, unto which he hath communicated as a Power of apprehending, so an indelible Sense of his Being, his Authority and his Will, so far as our natural Dependence on him, and moral Subjection unto him do require. For whereas there are two things in this natural Light and first Dictates of Reason; first, a Power of Conceiving, Discerning, and Assenting; and secondly, a Power of Judging and Determining upon the things so discerned and assented unto: by the one God makes known his Being, and Essential Properties; by the other his Sovereign Authority over all.
1. He makes himself known unto us by the innate Principles of our Nature, unto which he hath communicated as a Power of apprehending, so an indelible Sense of his Being, his Authority and his Will, so far as our natural Dependance on him, and moral Subjection unto him do require. For whereas there are two things in this natural Light and first Dictates of Reason; first, a Power of Conceiving, Discerning, and Assenting; and secondly, a Power of Judging and Determining upon the things so discerned and assented unto: by the one God makes known his Being, and Essential Properties; by the other his Sovereign Authority over all.
As to the first, the Apostle affirms, that [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 1. 19. That which may be known of God, (his Essence, Being, Subsistence, his natural, necessary, essential Properties) is manifest in them; that is, it hath a self evidencing Power, acting it self in the Minds of all Men endued with natural Light and Reason.
As to the first, the Apostle affirms, that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Rom. 1. 19. That which may be known of God, (his Essence, Being, Subsistence, his natural, necessary, essential Properties) is manifest in them; that is, it hath a self evidencing Power, acting it self in the Minds of all Men indued with natural Light and Reason.