{"id":19192,"date":"2006-09-05T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T15:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2006-09-05T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-05T15:42:23","slug":"gods-two-books-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2006\/09\/gods-two-books-2\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Two Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> Paolo Rossi says of Bacon: \u201cThe distinction between the will and power of God, so fully and subtly present in Baconian texts, is very important.  \u2018The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handworks\u2019: this very from the Psalms  . . .  is quoted by Bacon several times.  The image of the world, immediately after the Word, is a sign of the divine wisdom and power, and yet the Scriptures do not call the world \u2018the image of God,\u2019 but regard it only as \u2018the work of his hands,\u2019 neither do they speak of any image of God other than man.  Theology is concerned with knowing the book of the word of God; natural philosophy studies the book of God\u2019s works.  The book of Scripture reveals the will of God, the book of nature, his power.  The study of nature has nothing to say about God\u2019s essence or his will.\u201d   <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paolo Rossi says of Bacon: \u201cThe distinction between the will and power of God, so fully and subtly present in Baconian texts, is very important. \u2018The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handworks\u2019: this very from the Psalms . . . is quoted by Bacon several times. 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