On the Universality and Other Attributes of the God of Nature
ALL that we see, about, abroad,What is it all, but nature's God?In meaner works discovered hereNo less than in the starry sphere.
In seas, on earth, this God is seen;All that exist, upon Him lean;He lives in all, and never strayedA moment from the works He made:
His system fixed on general lawsBespeaks a wise creating cause;Impartially He rules mankindAnd all that on this globe we find.
Unchanged in all that seems to change,Unbounded space is His great range;To one vast purpose always true,No time, with Him, is old or new.
In all the attributes divineUnlimited perfectings shine;In these enwrapt, in these complete,All virtues in that centre meet.
This power doth all powers transcend,To all intelligence a friend,Exists, the greatest and the bestThroughout all the worlds, to make them blest.
All that He did He first approved,He all things into being loved;O'er all He made He still presides,For them in life, or death provides.
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