"In tranquil times they wittily joke about God, indeed are facetious and garrulous in belittling his power. If any occasion for despair presses upon them, it goads them to seek him and impels their perfunctory prayers. From this it is clear that they have not been utterly ignorant of God, but that what should have come forth sooner was held back by stubbornness." I.IV.4
This at the conclusion of a chapter on the seed of religion planted within men – true of all, but the attendant knowledge is corrupted. That combined with 'pride and vanity' leads to false worship. Such worship may even look like the real thing but it lacks the truth about what really pleases God.
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