Full Idea
By this method of reasoning, you renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the deity. For … the cause ought only to be proportioned to the effect, and the effect, so far as it falls under our cognizance, is not infinite.
Gist of Idea
Why would we infer an infinite creator from a finite creation?
Source
David Hume (Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion [1751], Part 5)
Book Reference
Hume,David: 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion' [Penguin], p.76