Against atheists; proof a posteriori by axioms, nature's voice, consensus, conscience
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Yet it can be demonstrated from the senses against those who deny that God is, such as Diagoras and Epicurus.
Although it is known to every rational creature that God is, and all the pious are persuaded by Scripture and the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit: yet because of the impudence of this age's atheists it must briefly be demonstrated not a priori but a posteriori from effects — by theoretical axioms, by nature's public voice, by the perpetual consensus of all nations,and by the practical axiom which conscience dictates.
Latin
Demonstrari tamen potest ex sensibus contra eos qui negant Deum esse, ut Diagoras & Epicurus. Quamquam omni creaturae rationali notum sit Deum esse, & pii omnes Scriptura tum interno Spiritus S. testimonio persuasi sint: tamen propter Atheorum hujus aevi impudentiam rationibus breviter non a priori sed a posteriori, h. e. effectis demonstrandum est, tum axiomatis theoreticis, tum publica naturae voce, tum perpetuo omnium nationum consensu, tum axiomate practico quod cuivis conscientia dictat.