only to destroy. Wicked absurdity, or silly fable, must always be the refuge of that proud wisdom, which doubts the attestation of divinity, because the signet of Omniscience is not altogether like our own; because a part of his ways must be the limit of his condescension; and because he would incite our trust and admiration, through a whole eternity, by the simple and sublime conviction, that "we shall know, if we follow on to know the Lord." |