Excerpt from Man, the Mirror of the Universe: Or, the Agreement of Science and Religion, Explained for the People At creation God stamped his image and his likeness on every being which he made. Each thing created is therefore, like unto God. From that it follows, that the universe is a vast poem, a wonderfully written book, a sublime series of symbolic figures, tropes, and images of the Deity. Every existing being and reasoning creature, by its very nature, eloquently proclaims the glories of the Godhead, who made it like unto Himself. Nature, therefore, is an open volume wherein we study God. The Reason, the Plan, the Model, the Original, according to which each creature was made, is the divine Word, the only-begotten Son of God. God first made the four great kingdoms of minerals, vegetables, animals, angels, and then he united those in one creature, man. Man is, therefore, the sum total of creation, the resume of nature, the Mirror of the Universe. Therefore, in studying man we study both nature and God. In treating of man we will study his nature, see what he has in common with creatures, both below and above him, and then trace each human perfection and quality till, at last, we find it infinite in God. This is the only way to get a complete knowledge of the world and of its Creator. The learned, especially the scientists, accustomed to start from unsound principles relating to nature, to man, and to God, began to think that science and religion disagreed. 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.