A Body of Practical Divinity

Use 1. of Information. If there be but one God, then it excludes all other Gods. Some have feigned that there were two Gods, so the Valentinians; others, that there were many Gods, so the Polytheists; the Persians worshipped the Sun, the Egyptians the Lion and Elephant, the Grecians worshipped Jupiter; These, I may say err, not knowing the Scriptures, Matth. 22.29. Their Faith is a Fable. God hath given them up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, that they may be damned, 2 Thess. 2.11.

Use 1. of Information. If there be but one God, then it excludes all other Gods. Some have fained that there were two Gods, so the Valentinians; others, that there were many Gods, so the Polytheites; the Persians worshipped the Sun, the Egyptians the Lion and Elephant, the Grecians worshipped Iupiter; These, I may say err, not knowing the Scriptures, Matth. 22.29. Their Faith is a Fable. God hath given them up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, that they may be damned, 2 Thess. 2.11.

2. If there be but one God, then there can be but One true Religion in the World, Eph. 4.5. [Greek or Hebrew], one Lord, one Faith. If there were many Gods, then there might be many Religions, every God would be worshipped in his way; but if there be but one God, there is but one Religion; one Lord, one Faith. Some say we may be saved in any Religion; 'tis absurd to imagine, that God, who is one in Essence, should appoint several Religions in which he will be worshipped. 'Tis as dangerous to set up a false Religion, as to set up a false God. There are many ways to Hell; Men may go thither which way their Fancy leads them; but there is but one direct Road to Heaven, viz. Faith and Holiness. There is no way to be saved in but this: as there is but one God, so there is but one True Religion.