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Hence also we may be instructed how to understand that common Axiom of the Schools, that the Truth of every thing is its confor∣mity to the Divine understanding. This must by no means be under∣stood
Reason and religion, or, The grounds and measures of devotion, consider'd from the nature of God, and the nature of man in several contemplations : with exercises of devotion applied to every contemplation / by John Norris ...
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- Reason and religion, or, The grounds and measures of devotion, consider'd from the nature of God, and the nature of man in several contemplations : with exercises of devotion applied to every contemplation / by John Norris ...
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of the Mind of God as Con∣ceptive, that is, as reflecting upon himself as Exhibitive, for the Truth of the Divine Intellect as Concep∣tive, depends upon its conformity with the truth of things, not the truth of things upon that. But it must be meant of the Mind of God as Exhibitive, that is, of this Ideal World, for upon this all Truth depends, and every thing, and every Proposition is so far true as 'tis conformable with it. For indeed the Intellect of God, as Ex∣hibitive is the Cause and Measure of all Truth.