A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

Other knowledge pollutes and defiles the soul: Oftentimes, the more men pick the lock of Natures Cabinet, and look into her riches, and treasury, her secrets and mysteries; the more Atheistical they are, and forgetful of the God of Nature. Hence Religio Medici is irreligion; they see so much of the operations of nature, that they ascribe the principal efficiency to the instrument. And hence the wisdom of the Philosophers (counted the wisest men in the world) is folly, 1 Cor. 3.19. And though they professed themselves to be wise, yet they became fools, and were guilty of all manner of wickedness, Rom. 1.22. to the end. And what was the reason, but this, they knew not God, with all their knowledge, 1 Cor. 1.21. Ignorant heads are ever accompanied with irreligious hearts, and both ⟨p. 244⟩are attended with Atheistical lives, Eph. 4.18. The Apostle tells us of the Heathen, that they were estranged from the life of God (an holy life) through the ignorance that was in them, because of the blindness of their hearts. So Hos. 4.1, 2, 3, 4. But the knowledge of God purifieth the soul. As the Sun conveyeth heat along with its light, so grace is multiplied through the knowledge of God, 2 Pet. 1.2. When Moses had conversed with God in the Mount, his feet shone, that the Jews could not behold him. When a Soul hath once acquainted himself with the blessed God, his life will shine with holiness; therefore David counselleth his Son Solomon, to know the God of his Fathers, and to serve him with a perfect heart, and willing mind; first, to know him; then to serve him, 1 Chron. 28.9.

Other knowledge pollutes and defiles the soul: Oftentimes, the more men pick the lock of Natures Cabinet, and look into her riches, and treasury, her secrets and mysteries; the more Atheistical they are, and forgetful of the God of Nature. Hence Religio Medici is irreligion; they see so much of the operations of nature, that they ascribe the principal efficiency to the instrument. And hence the wisdom of the Philosophers (counted the wisest men in the world) is folly,