known to man directly in his own constitution. Man is, and always remains, God’s self-conscious creature. It was in the activity of the mind of man that God’s revelation in the created universe originally found its consummation. Hence, in the very activity of his own personality, man is confronted with the clearest manifestation of the truth concerning himself outside of redemptive revelation. B. The Place of Scripture The second very obvious feature of Calvin’s Institutes noted by our pastor is