A Body of Practical Divinity

Use 1. Did God create the World? This convinceth us of the Truth of his Godhead: to create is proper to a Deity, Acts 17.24. This convinced Plato of a Deity, when he saw all the World could not make a Fly. Thus God proves himself to be the true God, and distinguisheth himself from Idols, Jer. 10.11. It is written in Chaldee, Thus shall ye say to them, the gods that have not made the Heavens and the Earth, even they shall perish. Who but God can create? The Creation is enough to Convince the Heathen that there is a God. There are two Books, out of which God will judge and condemn the Heathen, viz. the Book of Conscience, Rom. 2.15. Who have the Law written in their heart: and the Book of the Creation, Rom. 1.20. The invisible things of him are clearly seen by the things that are made, even his eternal Power and Godhead. The World is full of Emblems and Hieroglyphics; every Star in the Sky, every Bird that flies in the Air, is a Witness against the Heathen. A Creature could not make it self.

Use 1. Did God create the World? This convinceth us of the Truth of his Godhead: to create is proper to a Deity, Acts 17.24. This convinced Plato of a Deity, when he saw all the World could not make a Fly. Thus God proves himself to be the true God, and distinguisheth himself from Idols, Ier. 10.11. It is written in Chalde, Thus shall ye say to them, the gods that have not made the Heavens and the Earth, even they shall perish. Who but God can create? The Creation is enough to Convince the Heathen that there is a God. There are two Books, out of which God will judge and condemn the Heathen, viz. the Book of Conscience, Rom. 2.15. Who have the Law written in their heart: and the Book of the Creation, Rom. 1.20. The invisible things of him are clearly seen by the things that are made, even his eternal Power and Godhead. The World is full of Emblems and Hyeroglyphicks; every Star in the Sky, every Bird that flies in the Air, is a Witness against the Heathen. A Creature could not make it self.