The sixteenth-century Belgic Confession
We know Him by two means: First, by the creation,
preservation, and government of the universe; which is
before our eyes as a most elegant book wherein all
creatures, great and small, are as so many characters
leading us to see clearly the invisible things of God, even
his everlasting power and divinity, as the apostle Paul says
(Rom. 1:20). All which things are sufficient to convince
men and leave them without excuse. Second, He makes Himself
more clearly and fully known to us by His holy and divine
Word, that is to say, as far as is necessary for us to know
in this life, to His glory and our salvation.
Gordie