68Butthedeductionofconclusionsfromgeneraltruths。priori，usuallyrequiresalongchainofarguments，and，moreover，verygreatcaution，acuteness，andself-restraint-qualitieswhicharenotoftenmetwith；
thereforepeopleprefertobetaughtbyexperienceratherthandeducetheirconclusionfromafewaxioms，andsetthemoutinlogicalorder。69
Whenceitfollows，thatifanyonewishestoteachadoctrinetoawholenationnottospeakofthewholehumanrace，andtobeunderstoodbyallmenineveryparticular，hewillseektosupporthisteachingwithexperience，andwillendeavourtosuithisreasoningsandthedefinitionsofhisdoctrinesasfaraspossibletotheunderstandingofthecommonpeople，whoformthemajorityofmankind，andhewillnotsetthemforthinlogicalsequencenoradducethedefinitionswhichservetoestablishthem。70
Otherwisehewritesonlyforthelearned-thatis，hewillbeunderstoodbyonlyasmallproportionofthehumanrace。
71AllScripturewaswrittenprimarilyforanentirepeople，andsecondarilyforthewholehumanrace；thereforeitscontentsmustnecessarilybeadaptedasfaraspossibletotheunderstandingofthemasses，andprovedonlybyexamplesdrawnfromexperience。72Wewillexplainourselvesmoreclearly。73ThechiefspeculativedoctrinestaughtinScripturearetheexistenceofGod，oraBeingWhomadeallthings，andWhodirectsandsustainstheworldwithconsummatewisdom；furthermore，thatGodtakesthegreatestthoughtformen，orsuchofthemaslivepiouslyandhonourably，whileHepunishes，withvariouspenalties，thosewhodoevil，separatingthemfromthegood。74AllthisisprovedinScriptureentirelythroughexperience-thatis，throughthenarrativesthererelated。