2. The Divine Nature then it is impossible
to see with eyes of flesh: but from the works, which are Divine,
it is possible to attain to some conception of His power, according to
Solomon, who says, For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures
proportionably the Maker of them is seen Wisdom xiii. 5. Compare Theophilus of
Antioch To Autolycus, I. 5, 6: “God cannot indeed be
seen by human eyes, but is beheld and perceived through His providence
and works.…He is not visible to eyes of flesh, since He is
incomprehensible.”. He said not that from the creatures
the Maker is seen, but added proportionably. For God
appears the greater to every man in proportion as he has grasped a
larger survey of the creatures: and when his heart is uplifted by
that larger survey, he gains withal a greater conception of
God.