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_005195719	Hewit, Augustine F. (Augustine Francis), 1820-1897.	Problems of the age	1920		.txt	text/plain	76570	2912	57	It is evidently befitting the wisdom and grandeur of Almighty God, that the created universe should 1 1 6 Problems of the Age. represent to created intelligence an adequate and uni- versal similitude of his being and perfections ; that its vast extent and variety, the multiplicity of distinct existences which it contains, its complicated relations and harmonies, the sublimity and beauty of its forms, the superabundance of its sentient life and enjoy- ment, the excellence and perfection of its intelligent creatures, should be adapted to overwhelm the mind with admiration of the might and majesty, the wis- dom and glory, the goodness and love of the Crea- tor ; that, as far as possible, the procession of the di- vine persons within the essence of God should be copied in the procession of created existences ; that the ineffable object of the divine contemplation, or the Word going forth from the infinite intelligence of the Father, and returning to him in the Holy Spi- rit, should be represented in created similitudes by the communication of being, life, and intelligence, in every possible grade, and the completion of these in the most sublime manner of union to God of which finite nature is capable. If, by an impossible supposition, God had delegated creative wisdom and power to a created spirit, such as the Arians fancied the Logos, and others the Demiurgus, to be ; and this mighty intelli- gence had proceeded to execute his task in the same manner, but on a grander scale, that men execute great undertakings, and we should endeavor to de- scribe the way in which he accomplished his work, we should have a correct though imperfect represen- tation of the actual operation of Almighty God in the execution of his works ad extra .	cache/_005195719.txt	txt/_005195719.txt