them, when he should love the Creator in them, and the creatures only according to the will of his Lord; his love is vain, because he loves vanities. It is vain, because he thinks to satisfy himself with those things which are nothing in themselves. It is vain, because he wearies himself to possess those things which, when they are obtained, rob and slay their possessors.
If then you would love as you ought to love, love God, Who fills and satisfies the heart.
CHAPTER XVII.
Of Meditation on the Power of God.
WE know that, if not this or that power only, but all the powers of the world were combined together, and wished to build, not a kingdom nor a city, but only a palace, they would need various materials, and workmen, and a long space of time; nor then would the building be entirely in accordance with their wishes.
But God, by His Power, created in a moment the whole universe out of nothing, and with the same facility could create countless worlds, destroy them, and reduce them to nothing.
The more profoundly we meditate on this point, and continue to do so, the more shall we
