233. We have that general seemliness; for
God made the beauty of this world. We have it also in its parts;
for when God made the light, and marked off the day from the night,
when He made heaven, and separated land and seas, when He set the sun
and moon and stars to shine on the earth, He approved of them all one
by one. Therefore this comeliness, which shone forth in each
single part of the world, was resplendent in the whole, as the Book of
Wisdom shows, saying: “I existed, in whom He rejoiced when
He was glad at the completion of the world.” Prov. viii 30, 31 [LXX.]. Likewise also in the building up of
the human body each single member is pleasing, but the right adjustment
of the members all together delights us far more. For thus they
seem to be united and fitted in one harmonious
whole.