whensoever it exalts itself above Jesus Christ and His Holy Word, and, in so doing, renders man careless about his sins, and the necessity of a good life, by leading him to suppose that he may be saved by a mere act of speculative faith in the blood and merits of Christ, without any regard to repentance and real amendment of the heart and life.
Science thus perverted from its proper end, and by perversion, cursed, may be compared to the subtle serpent of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which is ever tempting man to eat of the forbidden fruit, and thus to banish himself from Paradise and turn his back on the tree of life. But science directed to its proper end, and by such direction blessed, may be compared to an angelic being, commissioned by the Almighty to take man by the hand and conduct him through all the intricacies and perils of the wilderness of this world back again to Paradise, to eat again of the tree of life, and to live for ever in an eternal and blessed conjunction with Jesus Christ, His Word, His life, and His kingdom.
Section 14.—The Glorifioation of Science.
There are two sources of glory, the opinion or judgment of God and His angels, which is always according to the eternal truth. and the opinions or judgments of men, which may either be in agreement with the eternal truth, or in opposition to it. The glory derived from the opinion and judgment of God and His angels, and
