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But since with respect to the mirror of sensible things it happens that

God is contemplated not only through them, as by His traces, but also in

them, in so far as He is in them by essence, potency, and presence; and to

consider this is higher than the preceding; therefore a consideration of

this sort holds next place as a second step in contemplation, by which we

should be led to the contemplation of God in all creatures which enter into

our minds through the bodily senses.