A short and plain answer to two questions

And let any Man in the World (unto whose hands Divine Providence shall bring it) carefully peruse that Book, and consider well the vast Stock of Wisdom, the immense Treasures of Love and Bounty therein contained; Let him observe the excellent Rules it propounds, so fitted for all purposes and occasions of Humane Life, that an universal Conformity to it, would make Heaven upon Earth; Let him mark how all the Disorders and Miseries, Contentions and Blood-shed in the World, proceed from Mens disobedience thereunto, and do Constitute the formal Reason of Hell it self; And in a word, let him observe, that whatever he doth well, and which afterwards leaves him a grateful Relish and easiness of Mind, is done according to the Precepts of that Book; and whatever he doth amiss, which leaves a Sting and Poison behind it, is nothing else but a deviation from that Rule: I say, Let him but diligently read, and impartially consider these things, and he can be no better assured, that there is a God, who is Good and Wise, Merciful and Just, than that the Holy Scriptures are the Result of his Goodness and Mercy, towards the Sons of Men; and that they do contain a declaration of his Mind with respect unto us, and the Rule of our Duty in relation to him.

And let any Man in the World (unto whose hands Divine Providence shall bring it) carefully peruse that Book, and consider well the vast Stock of Wisdom, the immense Treasures of Love and Bounty therein contained; Let him observe the excellent Rules it propounds, so fitted for all purposes and occasions of Humane Life, that an universal Conformity to it, would make Heaven upon Earth; Let him mark how all the Disorders and Miseries, Contentions and Blood-shed in the World, proceed from Mens disobedience thereunto, and do Constitute the formal Reason of Hell it self; And in a word, let him observe, that whatever he doth well, and which afterwards leaves him a grateful Relish and easiness of Mind, is done according to the Precepts of that Book; and whatever he doth amiss, which leaves a Sting and Poyson behind it, is nothing else but a deviation from that Rule: I say, Let him but diligently read, and impartially consider these things, and he can be no better assured, that there is a God, who is Good and Wise, Merciful and Just, than that the Holy Scriptures are the Result of his Goodness and Mercy, towards the Sons of Men; and that they do contain a declaration of his Mind with respect unto us, and the Rule of our Duty in relation to him.