Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 247
corporeal; but it is evident that all things which are of this sort
have been made; but what has been made has doubtless an
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however, it is difficult to discover; and when discovered, it is
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of Plato; but though he and the other Greek philosophers
had chosen to be silent about the making of the world, would
it not be quite clear to all who have any understanding? For
what man is there, having even a particle of sense, who, when
he sees a house having all things necessary for useful purposes,
its roof fashioned into the form of a globe, painted with
various splendor and diverse figures, adorned with large and
splendid lights; who is there, I say, that, seeing such a structure,
would not immediately pronounce that it was constructed
by a most wise and powerful artificer? And so, who
can be found so foolish, as, when he gazes upon the fabric of
the heaven, perceives the splendor of the sun and moon, sees
the courses and beauty of the stars, and their paths assigned
to them by fixed laws and periods, will not cry out that these
things are made, not so much by a wise and rational artificer,
as by wisdom and reason itself?
Chapter XXI: Mechanical Theory.
philosophersand you are acquainted with mechanical
scienceyou are of course familiar with what is their deliverance
concerning the heavens. For they suppose a sphere,
equally rounded in every direction, and looking indifferently
to all points, and at equal distances in all directions from the
centre of the earth, and so stable by its own symmetry, that its
perfect equality does not permit it to fall off to any side; and so
the sphere is sustained, although supported by no prop. Now
if the fabric of the world really has this form, the divine work
is evident in it. But if, as others think, the sphere is placed
upon the waters, and is supported by them, or floating in
them, even so the work of a great contriver is shown in it.