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If through delight in the beauty of these things people assumed them to be gods, let them know how much better than these is their Lord, for the author of beauty created them.
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And if people were amazed at their power and working, let them perceive from them how much more powerful is the one who formed them.
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For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.
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Yet these people are little to be blamed, for perhaps they go astray while seeking God and desiring to find him.
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For while they live among his works, they keep searching, and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful.
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