Witnesses

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As the Lord Verulam observes, God never produced a miracle to convince an atheist, because His ordinary works may convince him; and unless men will be willfully and stubbornly blind, they must needs subscribe to that of St. Paul: “God hath not left Himself without witness in that He doth good, and gives us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with good and gladness;” (Acts 14:17) and “The invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20). When we see footsteps evidently imprinted on the earth, shall we not easily deduce that certainly someone hath passed that way? When we see a stately fabric built according to all the rules of art, and adorned with all the riches and beauty that magnificence can expend about it, must we not presently conclude that certainly there was some skilful architect that built it?

It can be said that every creature is a footprint of God; we may observe His footsteps in each footprint, and see how His attributes, His wisdom, His goodness, and His power have passed along that way. And the whole world is a stately fabric, a house that God hath erected for Himself: the magnificence and splendor of it are suitable to the state of the Great King: it is His palace, built for the house of His kingdom and the honors of His majesty; and we may easily conclude that so excellent a structure must needs have an excellent architect, and that the builder and maker of it is God.

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