Charnock's First Summary Statement

Apologies for my brief silence--last week was rather busy.

At the conclusion of his first extended discussion of the folly of atheism, Charnock observes, "[I]s it not a folly for an atheist to deny that which is the reason and common sentiment of the whole world; to strip himself of humanity, run counter to his own conscience, prefer a private before an universal judgment, give the lie to his own nature and reason, assert things impossible to be proved, nay, impossible to be acted, forge irrationalities for the support of his fancy against the common persuasion of the world, and against himself, and so much of God as is manifest in him and in every man?"

I expect there is much in those words to which a contemporary atheist would object, but Charnock is not done with his argument. The next series of posts will address the testimony of general revelation--how God has manifested proof of his existence by the things he has created.