[6] TheChristianreligion, then, teachesmenthesetwotruths; thatthereisaGodwhommencanknow, ; anditisequallydangerousformantoknowGodwithoutknowinghisownwretchedness, , whohaveknownGod, andnottheirownwretchedness, ortothedespairofatheists, whoknowtheirownwretchedness, butnottheRedeemer.
[7] And, asitisalikenecessarytomantoknowthesetwopoints, ; itisinthisthatitconsists.
[8] Letushereinexaminetheorderoftheworld, andseeifallthingsdonottendtoestablishthesetwochiefpointsofthisreligion: JesusChrististheendofall, .
[9] , .
[10] ThereforeIshallnotundertakeheretoprovebynaturalreasonseithertheexistenceofGod, ortheTrinity, ortheimmortalityofthesoul, oranythingofthatnature; notonlybecauseIshouldnotfeelmyselfsufficientlyabletofindinnatureargumentstoconvincehardenedatheists, , eternalanddependentonafirsttruth, inwhichtheysubsist, andwhichiscalledGod, Ishouldnotthinkhimfaradvancedtowardshisownsalvation.
[11] TheGodofChristiansisnotaGodwhoissimplytheauthorofmathematicaltruths, oroftheorderoftheelements; , , theGodofIsaac, theGodofJacob, theGodofChristians, isaGodofloveandofcomfort, aGodwhofillsthesoulandheartofthosewhomHepossesses, aGodwhomakesthemconsciousoftheirinwardwretchedness, andHisinfinitemercy, whounitesHimselftotheirinmostsoul, whofillsitwithhumilityandjoy, withconfidenceandlove, whorendersthemincapableofanyotherendthanHimself.
[12] AllwhoseekGodwithoutJesusChrist, andwhorestinnature, eitherfindnolighttosatisfythem, , orintodeism, twothingswhichtheChristianreligionabhors12almostequally.
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