A Body of Practical Divinity

4. That there is a God, appears by his Prediction of Future Things. He who can foretell things which shall surely come to pass, is the True God. God foretold that a Virgin should conceive, he prefixed the time when the Messiah should be cut off, Dan. 9.76. he foretold the Captivity of the Jews in Babylon, and who should be their Deliverer, Isa. 45.1. This is such a strong Argument to prove a Deity, as God himself useth it to prove he is the True God, and that all the Gods of the Heathens were Fictions and Nullities, Isa. 41.22. Testimonium Divinitatis est Veritas Divinationis, Tertul. To foretell Things contingent, and which depend upon no natural Causes, is proper to a Deity.

4. That there is a God, appears by his Prediction of Future Things. He who can foretel things which shall surely come to pass, is the True God. God foretold that a Virgin should conceive, he prefixed the time when the Messias should be cut off, Dan. 9.76. he foretold the Captivity of the Iews in Babylon, and who should be their Deliverer, Isa. 45.1. This is such a strong Argument to prove a Deity, as God himself useth it to prove he is the True God, and that all the Gods of the Heathens were Fictions and Nullities, Isa. 41.22. Testimonium Divinitatis est Veritas Divinationis, Tertul. To foretel Things contingent, and which depend upon no natural Causes, is proper to a Deity.

5. That there is a God, appears by God's unlimited Power and Sovereignty. He who can work, and none hinder him, is the True God; but God can do so, Isa. 43.13. I will work, and who shall let it. Nothing can hinder Action but some Superior Power; but there is no Power above God; all Power that is, is by him, therefore all Power is under him: he hath a mighty Arm,