VI. God is, that is, He actually exists; foundation of religion; known in itself vs to us
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VI.God is, that is, He actually exists.The first and highest foundation and axiom of all true religion is that God is, according to Hebrews 11:6: whoever comes to God must believe that God is.
That God is is indeed known in itself according to nature; yet not according to us, whose knowledge begins from the senses, and therefore we assent only by some prior discourse (Romans 1:20; Acts 17:28; Wisdom 13).
When we speak of God, by the common conception of minds we understand the most perfect being, the first, most powerful, most wise, and best, the producing cause of all things and the governor of all.
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VI. Deus est, hoc est, actu exsistit. PRIMUM ac summum omnis verae religionis fundamentum & axioma est, Deum esse, juxta illud Heb. 11.6: Qui accedit ad Deum, hunc credere oportet, esse Deum. Deum vero esse est quidem per se notum secundum naturam; non tamen secundum nos, quorum notitia a sensibus incipit, ideoque non, nisi praevio aliquo discursu, huic propositioni assentimur, Rom. 1.20; Act. 17.28; Sap. 13. Cum autem de Deo loquimur, communi animorum conceptione intelligimus ens perfectissimum, primum, potentissimum, sapientissimum, optimum, omnium causam producentem & gubernantem omnia.