With regard to the former head—viz. the knowledge of God, it is shown, in the first place, what the kind of knowledge is which God requires. And, in the second place, where this knowledge must be sought, namely, not in man; because, although naturally implanted in the human mind, it is stifled, partly by ignorance, partly by evil intent, not in the frame of the world: because, although it shines most clearly there, we are so stupid that these manifestations, however perspicuous, pass away without any beneficial result, but in Scripture…

– Book 1, Argument