A Body of Practical Divinity

Use 1. Is God infinite in Knowledge, 1 John 1.5. He is Light, and in him is no Darkness; then how unlike are they to God, who are Darkness, and in them is no Light, who are destitute of Knowledge, such as the Indians, who never heard of God. And are there not many among us, who are no better than baptized Heathens? who are to seek in the first Principles of the Oracles of God. It is sad, that after the Sun of the Gospel hath shined so long in our Horizon, yet, to this day the Veil should be upon their Heart. Such as are enveloped with Ignorance, cannot give God a reasonable Service, Rom. 12.1. Ignorance is the Nurse of Impiety: the Schoolmen say, Omne peccatum fundatur in ignorantia; Jer. 9.3. They proceed from evil to evil, and know not me, saith the Lord. Where Ignorance reigns in the Understanding, Lust rageth in the Affections: Prov. 19.2. That the Mind be without Knowledge, it is not good; neither Faith nor Fear: no Faith, for Knowledge carries the Torch before Faith: Psal. 9.10. They that know thy Name will put their trust in thee. A Man can no more believe without Knowledge, than the Eye can see without Light. Nor Fear of God; How can they fear him whom they do not know? The Covering of Haman's Face was a sad Presage of Death. When Peoples Minds are covered with Ignorance, this Covering of the Face is a fatal fore-runner of Destruction.

Use 1. Is God infinite in Knowledge, 1 Iohn 1.5. He is Light, and in him is no Darkness; then how unlike are they to God, who are Darkness, and in them is no Light, who are destitute of Knowledge, such as the Indians, who never heard of God. And are there not many among us, who are no better than baptized Heathens? who are to seek in the first Principles of the Oracles of God. It is sad, that after the Sun of the Gospel hath shined so long in our Horison, yet, to this day the Veil should be upon their Heart. Such as are inveloped with Ignorance, cannot give God a reasonable Service,