Excerpt from Naology or a Treatise on the Origin, Progress, and Symbolical Import of the Sacred Structures of the Most Eminent Nations and Ages of the World No one hath seen God at any time.a Why the Deity should be thus invisible, appears from the following declara tion made by the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: God is a Spirit.b A spirit is mind; and mind, as well as thought and propensity to action, can only be seen in the outward visible act which ensues from the exercise of those faculties. It is by the act only that the spirit which actuates intelligent beings is clearly seen: hence it follows, that the great Divine Spirit is only to be seen or known by his acts or works. Wherever his works may be found, there will be his Spirit also; or, in other words, there God is present, is present in person or as a person; for it is truly said by the ingenious Paley, That which can contrive, that which can design, must be a person.0 Contrivance and design, infinite in degree of excellence, are visible in every part of the creation; and therefore the created world or universe is a just repte scutation, an apt symbol of the great God supreme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.