MINUCIUS FELIX. 505 isdimmed ; and if you look too long,allpower of sightis extinguished. What ! can you sustainthe Architectof the sun Himself,the very source of light,when you turn your selfaway from His lightnings,and hide yourselffrom His thunderbolts? Do you wish to see God with your carnal eyes,when you are neitherableto beholdnor to graspyour own soulitself,by which you areenlivenedand speak? But, moreover,itissaidthatGod isignorantof man's doings; and being establishedin heaven,He can neithersurvey allnor know individuals.Thou errest,O man, and art deceived; for from where isGod afaroff,when allthingsheavenlyand earthly,and which are beyond thisprovinceof the universe, are known to God, are fullof God ? Everywhere He isnot only very near to us,but He is infused into us. Therefore once more lookupon thesun :itisfixedfastinthe heaven,yet itisdiffusedover alllandsequally;presenteverywhere,itis associatedand mingled withallthings; itsbrightnessisnever violated. How much more God, who has made allthings, and looksupon allthings,from whom therecan be nothing secret,ispresentin the darkness,is presentin our thoughts, as if in the deep darkness. Not only do we actin Him, but also,I had almostsaid,we livewith Him. CHAPTER XXXIII. Argument. — That evenif God be saidtoliavenothingavailed theJews,certainlythewritersof theJewish annalsare the most sufficientwitnessestltattheyforsook God beforethey wereforsakenby Him. " Neither letus flatterourselvesconcerningour multitude. We seem many to ourselves,but to God we are very few. We distinguishpeoplesand nations; to God thiswhole world is one family. Kings only know all the matters of their kingdom by the ministrationsof theirservants; God has no need of information. We not only livein His eyes,but also in His bosom. But [itis objected]thatitavailedthe Jews