476 THE OCT AVI US OF itsfrost,or nothing but summer to scorchwith itsheat, to interposethe moderate temperatureof autumn and spring,so thattheunseen and harmlesstransitionsof theyear returning on itsfootstepsmay glideby ! Look attentivelyat the sea ; it isbound by the law of itsshore. Wherever thereare trees, look how they are animated from the bowels of the earth ! Consider the ocean; it ebbs and flowswith alternatetides. Look at the fountains,how they gush in perpetualstreams ! Gaze on the rivers; they always rollon in regularcourses. Why shouldI speak of the aptlyorderedpeaks of the moun tains,the slopesof the hills,the expanses of the plains? Wherefore should I speak of the multiform protectionpro vided by animated creaturesagainstone another?— some armed with horns,some hedged with teeth,and shod with claws,and barbed with stings,or with freedom obtained by swiftnessof feet,or by the capacityof soaringfurnished by wings ? The very beauty of our own figureespeciallycon fessesGod to be itsartificer:our uprightstature,our uplook- ing countenance,our eyes placedat the top,as itwere, for outlook; and allthe restof our sensesas if arranged in a citadel. CHAPTER XVIII. Argument. — Moreover,God not only takescareof the uni versalworld,but of itsindividualparts. That by the decreeof theone God allthingsare governed,isproved by theillustrationof earthlyempires.But althoughHe, being infiniteand immense— and how greatlie is,isknown to Himself alone— cannoteitherbe seenor named by us,yet His gloryisbeheldmost clearlywhen theuse of alltitles islaidaside. "It would be a long matter to go through particularin stances. There isno member inman which isnot calculated both forthe sake of necessityand of ornament ; and what is more wonderful still,allhave the same form, but each has