First, there is a Rational knowledge of God, which is a clear discovery of an Almighty, All-sufficient Cause of all things, which is attained by a Reasonable discussing Power of the Soul, which argueth from things that are visible and sensible ⟨p. 6⟩to an invisible and self-principled Cause of all things. Man found himself brought into the world furnished with an innumerable variety of Creatures, and none of these having power to make it self; we see likewise such an accurate order in every particular Creature; and in all the Creatures one with another, that we cannot but see clearly that there is a Supreme Almighty Cause of all things, who hath by his power, brought forth all things into being: who is likewise the most wise Agent, who by his unsearchable wisdom, hath curiously framed every Creature, and by his wonderful counsel hath set them in such an order, that they all serve one another, till at length they all meet in man, as in the common centre.
First, there is a Rational knowledge of God, which is a clear discovery of an Almighty, All-sufficient Cause of all things, which is attained by a Reasonable discussing Power of the Soul, which argueth from things that are visible and sensible ⟨p. 6⟩to an invisible and self-principled Cause of all things. Man found himself brought into the world furnished with an innumerable variety of Creatures, and none of these having power to make it self; we see likewise such an accurate order in every particular Creature; and in all the Creatures one with another, that we cannot but see clearly that there is a Supream Almighty Cause of all things, who hath by his power, brought forth all things into being: who is likewise the most wise Agent, who by his unsearchable wisdom, hath curiously framed every Creature, and by his wonderful counsel hath set them in such an order, that they all serve one another, till at length they all meet in man, as in the common center.
