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completely declared in one sentence. They are
without any doubleness, and so they produce
things in a manner that is unfathomable. The way
of Heaven and Earth is large and substantial, high
and brilliant, far-reaching and long-enduring. The
Heaven now before us is only this bright shining
spot; but when viewed in its inexhaustible extent,
the sun, moon, stars, and constellations of the zodiac,
are suspended in it, and all things are overspread
by it. The earth before us is but a handful of soil;
but when regarded in its breadth and thickness, it
sustains mountains, without feeling their weight,
and contains the rivers and seas, without their
leaking away, and holds all things on its surface.
The mountain now before us appears only a stone;
but when contemplated in all the vastness of its size,
we see how the grass and trees are produced on it,
and birds and beasts dwell on it, and precious things
which men treasure up are found on it. The water

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