ASSERTION 1: God imperceptible by outward sense in Himself
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FIRST ASSERTION.God, by our outward sense, is imperceptible in Himself and in His nature.
Often in the Scriptures we read that God was seen; whence someone might doubt whether God can be known by bodily eyes.But that cannot be done: first, by reason of the object — God is incorporeal and immense; second, by reason of the subject and organ — sense knows only through bodily organs.Therefore Isaiah saw an appearance of God sitting, not God in Himself.If the eyes do not see God in Himself, much less do the other senses.
Latin
ASSERTIO PRIMA. Deus, sensu nostro exteriori, in se ac natura sua est imperceptus. Saepe in Scripturis legimus Deum visum esse; unde quis dubitet an oculis corporeis Deus cognosci possit? Id fieri non posse videtur, 1. ratione objecti: quia Deus incorporeus est & immensus; 2. ratione subjecti & organi: sensus non nisi per organa corporea cognoscit. Quapropter Esaias vidit speciem Dei sedentis, non Deum in se. Si oculi non vident Deum in se, multo minus alii sensus.