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Rh But may we not ascertain it by reason?

We may find strong reason for believing it, but we do not absolutely know it.

Prove it from Scripture.

Deut. iv. 39; Isa. xlv. 18; Jer. x. 10, first part.

What further proof is there?

The whole history of the Israelitish nation until the time of Christ was intended by Almighty God to impress it upon men's minds.

Why was so much labour requisite to establish it?

Because the ignorance and sinfulness of men led them to make gods of inferior beings.

What is meant when you say that God is "everlasting?"

That He never had a beginning and will never have an end.

Prove this from Scripture.

Ps. xc. 2; Isa. xli. 4.

What ground of natural reason is there for concluding that God is "without body?"

If He had a body, He must be limited and confined in space, and consequently could not be present and acting every where at the same time.

Show that it is taught in Scripture that God is without body.

We are told in St. John iv. 24, that "God is a spirit," and in St. Luke xxiv. 39, that "a spirit hath not flesh and bones."