10. See again another evident proof of its
greatness. Although the heaven may be full of stars without
number, the light contributed by them all could not disperse the gloom
of night. The sun alone, from the time that it appeared on the
horizon, while it was still expected and had not yet risen completely
above the earth, dispersed the darkness, outshone the stars, dissolved
and diffused the air, which was hitherto thick and condensed over our
heads, and produced thus the morning breeze and the dew which in fine
weather streams over the earth. Could the earth with such a wide
extent be lighted up entirely in one moment if an immense disc were not
pouring forth its light over it? Recognise here the wisdom of the
Artificer. See how He made the heat of the sun proportionate to
this distance. Its heat is so regulated that it neither consumes
the earth by excess, nor lets it grow cold and sterile by defect.