Tremble the mountain ranges, and the streams,
The depths, too, of the blue and hoary sea.”
He speaks indeed as if he had been an eyewitness of God’s greatness. And Pythagoras835
agrees with him when he writes:—
“Should one in boldness say, Lo, I am God!
Besides the One—Eternal—Infinite,
Then let him from the throne he has usurped
Put forth his power and form another globe,
Such as we dwell in, saying, This is mine.
Nor only so, but in this new domain
For ever let him dwell. If this he can,
Then verily he is a god proclaimed.”
835 “Pythagorei cujusdam fetus.”—Otto, after Goezius.
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Chapter II.—Testimonies to the unity of God.