This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt:...faik The i artikil of the faith / trou in God Fader almichtine maker of heuine and zeird TT Eir fal ewerie man onderiland that thair is bot alanerlie ane god bot thair is iii perfons the quhilk ar the fader and the 5 fone äd the H. gaii l / as the H. writ beris vitnes thir iii perfös ar equal in power maieilate and in ewer leftyng the fone of the fader wefz fend to wfz in the later dais äd twik apone hyme our natur to fulfil the writ / and to redeyme wfz efter the wil of his fader and maid al thing at the beginning with the fader and the halie gaiil as ю it is writyne in the vi chaiptur of Deute. Heir Ifrael thy lord God is ane thou fal luiff thy God of al thy hart and of al thy faul and of al thy power the natur of man is fua blyndit of fine that it cane noth perfitlie conprehend or think that thair is alanerlie ane God / as Cicero difputis / bot he wift noth of hyme or of his wil or 15 power / man ma fe and reid and fpeir quhou mekil ye gentils knew of God of thair aune wifdome thay haid mony fals godis and thair onwifz hartis war blyndit and thochtis was vanite as Paul writis in ye firft chaiptur to the Roman. For thay knew na thyng of ye greit vifdome of almychtyne God bot thocht it folie as Paul vritis 20 in ye firft chaiptur of the firfte epiftil to the Corinthians / the lycht and the onderftandyng of natur is feik and waik to onderiland the faith and the warkis of god thair to ye licht of grace is neceffer to fcheyne1 in the mirknes and blyndnes of natur / or ellis it fal ewer ramane in blyndnes and ingnorance / for the natural man cane noth 25 onderftand the fecretis of god / he is callit our fader2 that is to ewerie chriffine man yat hes ye rycht faith ane traiftful thing forquhy is he is owr fader thane ar we his barnis and ar...