Excerpt from Truths for the People: Or, Several Points in Theology, Plainly Stated, for Begineers I. The word theology means a discourse con cerning God. It is not found in the Scriptures. We have there the word of God, good doc trine, sound doctrine, form of doctrine, doc trine of God, doctrine of Christ, form of sound words, the Scriptures, and such like phrases. Theology is divinity, as a theologian is a divine. Theology treats of the being and perfections of God, of his relations to us, his purposes towards us, his promises made to us, his will concerning us, and the right way of pleasing him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.